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Get a FREE Copy of Relationships Unfiltered by Andrew Root

Last Updated July 27, 2010 by Matt 4 Comments

[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, […]

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Theology & Youth Ministry Project: Want to help?

Last Updated July 15, 2010 by Matt 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Theology, Youth Ministry Tagged With: bible study, collaboration, lessons, teaching

Kenda Creasy Dean on Teen Faith

Last Updated June 29, 2010 by Matt 1 Comment

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 […]

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Where Was God When…?

Last Updated June 28, 2010 by Matt Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Further Thoughts on Youth Ministry 3.0

Last Updated April 27, 2009 by Matt 7 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Ecclesiology, Youth Ministry Tagged With: postmodernism, youth ministry 3.0

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Last Updated August 20, 2015 by Matt 5 Comments

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 […]

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Now Reading: Christianity for the Rest of Us

Last Updated January 30, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Bookshelf Anomalies #6: The Purpose Driven Life & Messy Spirituality

Last Updated August 28, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Bookshelf Anomalies #5: Don’t Waste Your Life & The Sacred Way

Last Updated August 21, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Bookshelf Anomalies #4: The Soul of Ministry & The Purpose Driven Church

Last Updated August 15, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

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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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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