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Why Do You Read My Blog?

Last Updated January 24, 2011 by Matt 10 Comments

If you are reading this post, I’m assuming you are one of the people who subscribes to my RSS feed, a loyal reader. As I am in the process of resurrecting the blog, I’m curious: Why do you read my blog? (After the last six months of non-blogging, it might be more appropriate to ask, […]

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Quick Update

Last Updated January 17, 2011 by Matt 3 Comments

I’m working on moving my blog to a new host. Regularly scheduled programming may be interrupted until the process is over (which I think will be 24ish hours). Then on to blogging again.

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Coming Out of Hibernation

Last Updated January 10, 2011 by Matt 4 Comments

Most animals go into hibernation during the winter, but I guess I am a different breed, blog-wise at least. The cold weather and dead grass keeps outdoor activities to a minimum, and the new year brings fresh perspective. So I think it is time to awaken (resurrect?) the blog for a season. More to come […]

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August Archives

Last Updated August 2, 2010 by Matt 1 Comment

I realized there are a lot of good posts that have been buried for years, so every month I’m going to try to link to some of my person favorite posts written each month since 2005. Here’s the best from August: Transforming Churches into Mission Centers: Rethinking Ordination, 2009. “If we are going to be […]

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Guess I Should Start Blogging Again…

Last Updated June 8, 2010 by Matt Leave a Comment

…so I can maintain or improve on my #18 ranking on Youth Specialties’ list of the Top 20 Youth Ministry Blogs of 2010. I definitely didn’t see that one coming.

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Peekaboo

Last Updated December 10, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

Alright, so my digital slumber (hibernation is more like it) has finally come to a close. A few people have noticed that I haven’t blogged, tweeted, facebooked, et cetera, in the past few weeks (months). And the reason? Well, there isn’t really a good one. During October I just didn’t feel like writing, so I […]

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5 Year Blogging Anniversary

Last Updated October 14, 2009 by Matt 2 Comments

Yup, today is it. It’s hard to believe that I have been blogging for five years (although with varied degrees of commitment). For those who think that they will start blogging in order to become famous, I say: Ha! Blogging is a lesson in perseverance, my friend. For those who are wondering how this thing […]

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Persistance Pays

Last Updated June 1, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

In April I made a commitment to try to post at least once a day, and since then I’ve seen great increases in quality on my blog in all sorts of areas: my writing, creativity, people’s comments and interaction with my posts, and blog traffic. Although I did miss two days this month, I almost […]

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Summer Blog Schedule

Last Updated May 18, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

Since I’ve started this goal of posting at least once per day since April I’ve come up with quite a few different ideas for posts and series that I think might create some good discussion. The problem is, summer is upon us. For those of us in youth ministry summer usually means one thing: unpredictability. […]

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I Would Love to Read Your Blog If…

Last Updated May 15, 2009 by Matt 4 Comments

So, I tried writing a blog post to give some suggestions to people with a youth ministry blog some things I look for. However, I took the negative approach and said what I don’t like in a blog, which ended up coming off kind of pompous and haughty. So, at the request of Laura, I’ve […]

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Best Youth Ministry Books

These are the books that will completely change the way you think about youth ministry, for the better. Links are to my reviews of each book.

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

Why build relationships? Root’s answer will surprise you.

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Yesterday I finally read Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher, and since I’m one of the latecomers to the conversation I won’t summarize the book too much. Marko has linked to tons of reviews on his blog if you are interested in more in-depth summaries. If you are fairly in-tune with a lot of the […]

Best Youth Ministry Books: Postmodern Youth Ministry

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones is the book I would recommend to youth ministers if they could just read one youth ministry book. I first read the book in my Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry class at John Brown University. After the preface to the book there is a page titled, “The Day […]

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