[NOTE: THE FREE COPY OF THE BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. 230 BOOKS GOT MAILED OUT. BUT READ BELOW TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET 40% OFF THE BOOK] Below is a message from Andrew Root, Associate Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, and author of the books Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry, […]
Theology & Youth Ministry Project: Want to help?
Over the past four years of youth ministry I have stayed away from most published curriculum. In most cases, I have tended to take books that I think are provocative, theologically sound and worthwhile and use them to structure my lessons. So, when I taught on Colossians I used Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by […]
Kenda Creasy Dean on Teen Faith
There’s a recent interview with Princeton Seminary professor Kendra Creasy Dean about her new book, Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church. The book is written towards mainline churches as a result of the National Study on Youth and Religion (which is outlined in the books Soul Searching and […]
Where Was God When…?
I have been asked to participate in a blog tour for a new book by Mike Calhoun: Where Was God When? I have not read the book or know much about Mike, so this isn’t necessarily an endorsement, but their idea of the blog tour was so interesting that I decided to participate. If you […]
Further Thoughts on Youth Ministry 3.0
Last week I wrote a review of Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher where I criticized the book’s lack of theological and philosophical engagement. Instead, the book focused mostly on cultural shifts and how youth ministry has not adapted to this latest shift. My argument was that the shift that is occurring goes much deeper […]
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 […]
Now Reading: Christianity for the Rest of Us
I’ve recently been reading Diana Butler Bass’ Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith. This isn’t the first book by Bass that I’ve read, but this is definitely her most fiesty book. She takes on the evangelical mainstram in quite a few places and juxaposes it with her […]
Bookshelf Anomalies #6: The Purpose Driven Life & Messy Spirituality
Bookshelf Anomalies #1 Bookshelf Anomalies #2 Bookshelf Anomalies #3 Bookshelf Anomalies #4 Bookshelf Anomalies #5 Two approaches to mature Christian spirituality are highlighted in these two books, one of which has sold millions of copies, the other one hasn’t. I’ll let you figure out which is which. Rick Warren’s approach in The Purpose Driven Life […]
Bookshelf Anomalies #5: Don’t Waste Your Life & The Sacred Way
Bookshelf Anomalies #1 Bookshelf Anomalies #2 Bookshelf Anomalies #3 Bookshelf Anomalies #4 The anomaly of these two books lie in the authors: John Piper and Tony Jones. If you don’t know about the history of these two gentlemen (it’s not adversarial, but they do disagree with one another and have even met for lunch to […]
Bookshelf Anomalies #4: The Soul of Ministry & The Purpose Driven Church
Bookshelf Anomalies #1 Bookshelf Anomalies #2 Bookshelf Anomalies #3 Two more books that take different approaches to a similar topic sitting next to one another on my bookshelf: The Soul of Ministry by Ray S. Anderson. Anderson is a former pastor who is currently a theologian at Fuller Theological Seminary. He reminds me of a […]
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