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The Blog Suffereth

Last Updated July 22, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

In a 48 day span in June and July I have been or will be out of town for 27 days. It’s been lots of fun, but also really busy. So, the blog suffereth as a result. A few random updates: Went Chicago and Carthage, TX on “mission trips.” I’m still struggling with them and […]

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RSS Bloat and Youth Ministry Blogs

Last Updated May 16, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments

For those who read my blog via RSS, you may not have noticed that my blogroll has grown quite a bit over the past few weeks. When I subscribe to a feed in bloglines, it automatically shows up in my blogroll in my sidebar. You might want to browse and see if anything interests you. […]

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What are the Best Youth Ministry Blogs?

Last Updated May 3, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

To those who follow youth ministry blogs, what are some of the best ones you’ve come across? The ones I follow are in my sidebar, but I know there’s got to be some other really great stuff out there. I like blogs that make you think and aren’t satisfied with the status quo. Moderate to […]

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A Breath of Fresh Air

Last Updated April 16, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

I’ve been really distracted lately, trying to do some random things with my time that have been really draining on me personally. I don’t really want to get into specifics right now, but I was just too busy. My busyness gave me no time left over to do the things I’ve come to love doing […]

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Updating

Last Updated April 9, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

The productivity push went mildly well.  But, as you can tell, it looks like my productivity push has relegated blogging to its proper priority in my life, which is pretty low right now.  Maybe next week I can get back to writing. That is all.

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Meeting Your Neighbors

Last Updated December 10, 2007 by Matt 2 Comments

I’ve been busy lately. Very busy. I have somehow gotten involved in a group of about 30 people (and there might really be closer to 15 who are really working hard at this) who are trying to organize about 2,000 homeowners in our area in order to negotiate an agreement with gas companies who want […]

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Welcome to MattCleaver.com!

Last Updated November 28, 2007 by Matt 7 Comments

So, here she is, the new blog. I decided to go with a self-hosted blog to give me the flexibility to do whatever I wanted, like put javascript in my sidebar. It’s not too fancy, but this is a content-driven blog, not a place for me to perfect my Web 2.0 skills. So, I wanted […]

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Introducing MattCleaver.com

Last Updated November 28, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

Mattopia.wordpress.com is now closed. Head on over to MattCleaver.com for my new blog. Don’t worry, all my loyal fans. All the old content has been imported to the new site. And for the four of you who subscribe to the RSS feed, the new feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/mattcleaver.

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The Subversive Blogger Award

Last Updated November 27, 2007 by Matt 2 Comments

Check it out, I won an award. I never win awards. I’m going to have to call my mother. Jake Bouma has started a new blog meme of subversive bloggers. It’s a pretty good list, so go check it out at Jake’s blog. As a Subversive Blogger Award recipient I have certain duties that I […]

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Posting Hiatus

Last Updated November 20, 2007 by Matt 4 Comments

Chances are there won’t be any new posts until the Monday after Thanksgiving.  I’ll be busy visiting families, getting ready for our monthly Sunday night service, taking vacation, blah blah blah. If I do post, just consider it a gift.

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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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