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The second day was again more of a surprise. It is still a bit cool here and rainy. We met at the church and ate breakfast. Sand some worship songs and did some mission prep. We left the church for lunch and went to a local park to play “football” (soccer for us Americans). This…
We arrived yesterday in London at 9:30 AM and got settled in. After lunch we walked around and saw the area we were going to be serving in. Though it is somewhat cooler here and it rained most of the day, it wasn’t too different. The religious diversity here is amazing. Literally it’s Hindu, Muslim,…
I am leaving for London today and won’t be posting until I get back.  1 1
OK, I confess that I don’t usually read youth ministry magazines. Lately, though, I have ordered subscriptions to two of the top ones. First there is the very academic sounding Journal of Student Ministries (recently Zondervan) and then there is the very publisher oriented sounding Leading Student Ministries (Lifeway). I received my first copy of…
A List Apart: Articles: Anonymity and Online Community: Identity Matters Here is a great article on the problems of anonymity in online communities. It responds to a problem that is becoming more and more prevalent. Anonymity is a double-edged sword when it comes to an online community. While anonymity may allow people to feel more…
I haven’t been posting much lately and there is a reason. More later.  1 1
Think Christian » Blog Archive » Top Ten Surprises in “The Da Vinci Code” Finally something worth talking about with the DaVinci Code. Read this and try not to laugh. I dare you.  1 1
It’s time for churches to stop abusing youth pastors This is the second article I have seen on this in a week. Read it and get the link from there to the other if you want. Both articles tell of church and pastoral abuse of youth ministers. In my experience, if you haven’t been abused…
BlackSpot Shoes This is one of the most phenomenal things I have seen in a while. These new kicks are for the hard core. They are shoes made for people who care more about a statement than they do about shoes. The whole business is driven off of the desire to “Kick mega-corporate control over…
I juts read an article over at Techcrunch that was about how Google has probably just acquired Gtalkr. I was just thinking about that and how it relates to the kingdom. Google has become notorious for buying up things that will help them do what they do – only better. They have built themselves from…
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