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BTW, this is the price I paid for gas on the way home form Youth Specialties. Just a while ago we were looking at about $5 a gallon. I submit this as evidence that prayer works, because I was calling down curses on the greedy companies who were gouging during that time.  1 1 …
Despite all the wierd feelings I usually have around big holidays, I really ha a great time last night with our out of town guests. The night centered around a game that was a gift from them and has become a great time for us to play together. Perquacky is a game similar Scrabble and…
It was a very strange Thanksgiving for me this year. I had my best friend and his wife (also a good friend) up again this year a and Cathy’s father even came. The food was good and the company, except for a few comments, was great. But I couldn’t shake the feeling of rejection from…
I haven’t written about my ideas in process ministry in a while, but I have been drawn back into the original idea that my goals in ministry should be much more focused on the process of change rather than the outcomes of programs. I re-reading Mark Yaconelli’s Growing Souls, he describes something that triggered my…
I have been thinking about this past week at the Youth Specialties convention and especially about what Mark Yaconelli said about caring for our souls. I think I am going to start a charter of the Slow Club here. What a great reminder of taking care of our souls! I was reading this morning from…
It’s over and I am safely back home after an early morning drive. I am really glad I went. It was in some ways exactly what I thought and exactly what kept me from going in the past. Yet, I was really blessed to be there and would probably go again, given the chance. Here…
One highlight from the Youth Specialties convention was the very present marketing to youth pastors. It seems that the marketing directed for said group assumes that they are ADD, ADHD, somewhat immature and possibly stuck in the 90′s or 80′s. I would love to submit examples, but they are just too prevalent and I could…
Today was a weird day for me. Most of my friends went to church instead of sessions this morning so I was on my own. My soul was still tender from yesterday and just walking into the main session room was pretty emotional. They started the session with an illusionist who escaped from a glass…
Today was worth the price of the whole convention. Curt (my room mate and friend) and I blew off the first session to go get some decent food – Waffle House. Got there with plenty of time to get to the general session with Mark Yaconelli. He talked about our souls and how they work.…
OK, so I am here at the Youth Specialties National Convention. I have to admit it is a bit overwhelming. I don’t know how many people there are here, but it’s in the thousands. Seeing all the exhibits and books, I wonder if all youth pastors are mentally stuck in ADD hell in the eighth…
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