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Merry Christmas! I hope that you have had a great holiday. I have had one of the best. It was very different being in Florida over being in Pennsylvania for Christmas, that is for sure. Sand instead of snow, shorts instead of parkas, and sun and heat instead of the beautiful blanket of snow I…
So everyone has heard the debate about churches closing for Christmas this year. I won’t even go into the debate in this post, but I was just wondering about youth ministry. I have found that it is standard practice for most youth ministries to shut down for the holidays. This isn’t just when Christmas or…
Google Fight : Paul Martin VS Erik Hersman I hate to pick a fight with friends at Christmas but I couldn’t help myself. I looked at this for way too long. Don’t visit the link unless you have some extra time. BTW, I only win because of the Prime Minister  1 1 …
I know that this is news to anyone reading this but people are crazy. To prove this statement, let me tell you about a trip to get gas today. I pull up at my local BP on Lake Underhill Rd. and start pumping my gas for 2.18 a gallon. OK, that is crazy right there…
The Source: Welcome This a shameless plug for a site that I have loved and enjoyed. This guy has been doing what we call youth ministry for such a long time and was even nice enough to share his resources. There are many things on his site from games to Bible studies, but the things…
Nine Big Ideas for Exemplary Student Ministry (p1) I just got this email from Lifeway with this article in it. Nine really good things to be reminded of every so often. What struck me the most is not the nine things that they thought were so important, because would agree for the most part. What…
a life journeying with Jesus…. I came across this bolg the other day and spent way too much time on it. There is a lot of great stuff on there from a person who is in youth ministry and has some great thoughts. If you are in youth ministry check it out. This is the…
I am currently taking seminary classes and it has been a real challenge for many reasons. The biggest is the responsibility of the students to absorb an infinite number of new ideas with little or no thought given to ability to amount of information that will be retained, used or be useful. One of the…
Dance Dance Resurrection – A new Concept in Christian Electronic Entertainment Well, I guess it was just a matter of time. The craze of dance, combined with the inherent evil of video games, and of course satan’s music has brought us: Dance, Dance Resurrection If you are not familiar with the DDR thing, then you…
Street sermons of fire and boycott I saw this and couldn’t help myself. The idea is just too radical and funny. The faux evangelist “preaching” that consumers not consume. These are the ideas of “Rev. Billy.” Talen has been arrested many times and, by court order, is barred from entering any Starbucks in California. He…
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