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Interviewed

Last Updated September 10, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

Jeremy Zach’s blog Crazy Contemplations is one of my favorite youth ministry blogs.  He tend to say things that are fairly original, creative, and worth reading.  He’s doing a series of interviews with youth ministry bloggers and selected me for the series. You can read my interview here. While you’re there, add Jeremy to your […]

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Welcome YS Update Readers

Last Updated September 9, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments

Thanks to my friend Todd Vick, I learned that this blog was featured in the YS Update this week, which is kind of neat.  Unfortunately, as tends to happen, the summer ministry craziness got me out of blogging rhythm, so I haven’t made many substantive posts lately.  For those who are visiting the blog for […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Personal, Youth Ministry Tagged With: Youth Specialties

Sermon From August 3, 2008

Last Updated August 28, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments

Below is a link to the mp3 of a sermon I preached on August 3rd. It was on the feeding of the 5,000 and takes a bit of a different take on the passage.  It’s a bit on the quiet side, so turn up the volume. Sermon Audio Link

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Thoughts have been swirling in my head…

Last Updated August 27, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

…and are about to break the blog out of this lull it went through over the summer. Look here for more.

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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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Back to Reality

Last Updated June 18, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

Got back from vacation yesterday, so I’m trying to get all caught up today, since I have to head out for a mission trip next week. Vacation was lots of good food, good weather, good times, good rest, good company, good everything in the Bahamas for five nights. I did a lot of sitting on […]

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Books, Books, Books…

Last Updated June 9, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

Finished a few books in the past week or so: Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends, by Kevin Vanhoozer, ed. This is a great book on how to make theological sense of culture. Vanhoozer writes the introductory essay that outlines his method for such interpretation, and is worth buying the book. […]

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Under the Gun…

Last Updated May 19, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

So, don’t plan on any blogs today or tomorrow. I have a final paper to finish writing for my seminary class and it is due tomorrow. I’m not near where I wanted to be by now, so blogging gets the boot. See ya Wednesday.

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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. […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Personal, Random Tagged With: bloglines, RSS, youth ministry blogs

My Top Ten Movies

Last Updated May 12, 2008 by Matt 5 Comments

I’ve been tagged to post my top ten favorite movies.  Since I’m not a big movie buff, the following list will be something more along the lines of “first ten movies than come to mind,” which might, by the sheer power of the subconscious, also be my top ten favorite movies. Top Gun Smokey and […]

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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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