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Icy Driving

Last Updated November 30, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

Since we are experiencing a little winter storm here in DFW, I thought I would offer a public service announcement: If anyone happens to be watching WFAA’s news and weather coverage today, the traffic lady has been saying over and over to leave plenty of room between you and the car in front of you: […]

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Episcopal happenings

Last Updated November 18, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

A decent amount of news seemed to be made by Katharine Jefferts Schori becoming the first woman to be the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. For those familiar with the situation, her theology has been very controversial. That discussion is for another day. What struck me was the date of […]

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Random Tidbits

Last Updated September 27, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

A few interesting things I’ve read recently: CNN.com: “God references quashed; ‘VeggieTales’ creator steamed” – Not surprisingly, there’s been a bit of buzz about the fact that NBC, who bought the rights to VeggieTales, has been removing overt references to God in order to secularize the show.  Honestly, did anyone think that NBC would air […]

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My Take on What the Pope Said

Last Updated September 22, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

There is obviously a lot of media buzz and Muslim outrage over the comments of the Pope at his address to the science faculty at the University of Regensburg.  While time could be spent discussing the wisdom of the Pope’s Byzantine reference or the level of Muslim outrage in reaction to the comments, I decided […]

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One Take on the Pope’s Lecture

Last Updated September 20, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

For my initial weekly post I am working on an article that looks at what the Pope really said in his lecture last Tuesday. Instead of reading about the address in the various news media, I thought it would be beneficial to actually read it for myself and give my take on the topic. Well, […]

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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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