From the category archives:
in about 1990, 20 years ago, i had two dudes in my middle school ministry in omaha, nebraska. mark arant was a short kid, fairly quiet (at least at church), and not interested in much other than skating. jeff thune was also small, not as quiet as mark, but just starting to individuate himself from [...]
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a new web portal launched this week for church leaders, appropriately called churchleaders.com. the have some original content and some aggregated content, as well as lots of other stuff. i like that they have the home page that includes a variety of content, but sections divided into specific content for pastors, worship, youth (ministry), children [...]
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my most recent middle school ministry column for youthworker journal is online now. i called it “the fifth week”, based on the rough approximation that 4 out of 5 weeks in my middle school guys small group feel nominally productive at best. but that fifth week… the point of the article: be ready for a [...]
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here’s a nifty little website — phone spell — that converts any phone number (or any 16 digits, including letters) into all possible spelled words and word combinations. i was sad that my cell number turned up no results, but i had fun putting in other numbers i know. ************* my friend mark aardsma has [...]
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my broken palace is a great (new) ministry site for people (from the looks of it, teenagers and young adults) in pain. it’s just getting going, and i’m expecting it will be more robust in the months to come. from their “about us” page: Our shared desire is that no one should ever have to [...]
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the fine people at the adventures in missions youth worker blog asked if i would do a Q&A on discipleship, missions, and the evolution of youth ministry; and i happily complied. click here for the whole post. here are the first two questions and the answers i gave: Q: What has changed about the way [...]
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i LOVED april diaz’s article in the recent fyi (fuller youth institute) email, called “Activating and Resting (New Yoke Series, Pt 1)“, and am looking forward to the other parts in the series. april is a deeply gifted youth leader and church leader, whip-smart and relationally gifted. one of those truly rare, exceptional leaders who [...]
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adam mclane’s research is complete, and he posted his list of the top 20 youth ministry blogs on the ys blog earlier this week. i’m super pleased to see whyismarko somehow land at #2. to be honest, i’m rather surprised by this, as it seems like my traffic never fully recovered from the 6 month [...]
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adventures in missions has launched a new blog for youth workers. particularly, the blog (with posts from various aim staff, as well as a handful of youth workers), focuses on discipleship, and how short-term missions can play a role in that. good stuff. i encourage you to check it out. i’ve added it to my [...]
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from time to time, my friend (and uber-blogger) scot mcknight posts something-or-other about theologian dietrich bonhoeffer. and whenever he does, he includes a little pic of “the ‘hoeff”. and every time i see that thing, i have this thought, “man, that pic looks like it could be an old photo of scot himself!” so, in [...]
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