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Seth Barnes has a great post about the reality of youth ministry in the church. Youth ministry as many problems, just like the church. Here are some that are becoming more obvious and even some helpful ways of dealing with them.  1 1
There is a lot of talk about the trend in management called Hamburger Management. Basically this is management that values what has been forced on the streamlining of business brought about by living through constant recession. “What I believe we are seeing here is not “old style” at all. It is modern, Hamburger Management: the…
One full week in good Ole Alabama. The weather was great, the food was even better and the company was exactly what everyone experiences when you go back to your roots (That means some good times, some bad times and some times that you might have to pay a counselor to get past). This trip…
I will be out of town for the rest of the week so don’t look for posts until Friday. I am going to Alabama to visit family, and no, Grant, it’s not because they don’t have computers yet in Alabama. It’s just that my parents don’t have one and the laptop I used to have…
I will be out of town for the rest of the week so don’t look for posts until Friday. I am going to Alabama to visit family, and no, Grant, it’s not because they don’t have computers yet in Alabama. It’s just that my parents don’t have one and the laptop I used to have…
Here is a great new worship planning resource for those of you who do that. I have been a big fan of back pack for a while now but it isn’t built especially for worship. This might be a much better alternative. Check it out  1 1
In the past week, I have been home more often than normal. During that time I have had several people come to my door to hawk their wares. Several were people selling magazines and one was from a church. I am reminded of Seth Godin’s idea that interruption marketing is dead. People just don’t want…
Today me and the fam went to Turkey Creek Park. While this is one of the things I love and it was big fun, this isn’t the catalyst for this post. The thing I love is that, on the way, we were listening to a CD favorite of Jane’s with all the disney theme songs.…
Lately I have been noticing something that has really bothered me about TV. I haven’t had very much time to watch TV until lately and here is the thing. TV isn’t what it used to be. Somewhere, it all changed and it isn’t any better. I was trying to catch up on the news today.…
It’s official. I am no longer the Director of Youth Ministries at UPC. It has been a great couple of years, I have learned a lot, and I will never forget the people of UPC. UPC has been a great church for me. The biggest things I love about UPC is that it is the…
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