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I confess…

Last Updated June 26, 2007 by Matt 6 Comments

So, over at the Faith and Theology blog a meme has been started; it is spreading quickly. Sounded fun. I confess: I watched Kent Hovind videos as a child and argued with my fourth grade science teacher about the age of the earth. I confess: In junior high and high school I thought denominations that […]

Filed Under: Christianity, Personal, Theology, Youth Ministry

Back from our Retreat

Last Updated June 21, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

Well, VBS finished up last Thursday, and I was on a retreat with our youth this week from Tuesday until today.  The theme was “spiritual disciplines” finishing off what was a yearlong look at spiritual disciplines.  There wasn’t a whole lot of teaching.  Instead, I had them do intentional exercises (via scheduling and a workbook […]

Filed Under: Christianity, Personal, Youth Ministry

A Theological Test

Last Updated June 11, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

I try to take theology seriously. It is helpful that I enjoy reading theology and listening to boring lectures by theologians and philosophers. However, I am deeply committed to the idea that theology is not for the ivory towers, but must be imbedded into the worshiping community. I mean, as much as I have respect […]

Filed Under: Christianity, Personal, Theology

Good Company

Last Updated May 16, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

I was listening to the recent Youth Specialties Podcast with Tony Jones and heard a quote from Tony that is quite encouraging. According to Tony, the average article in a scholarly academic journal gets read by four people. Four. I guess my blog traffic is in “distinguished” company.

Filed Under: Blogging, Personal, Random

Thinking

Last Updated May 11, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

I’m trying to figure out what put me in my recent blog-funk. I haven’t pinpointed anything yet. But I am getting to the point were I’m wondering if I will even attempt to ever post again and I should just shut the ol’ blog down. That doesn’t excite me. But neither does writing anything. Blah. […]

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Update

Last Updated April 26, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

It’s been a while. Lots of reason’s why. But, it’s mostly laziness. Let’s check up on the new year’s resolutions I made: Pray the daily office using Phyllis Tickle’s The Divine Hours: Not going so well. Read through the Bible in 2007: Not going so well. Pray more for the youth ministry: Not going as […]

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Hidden Passion

Last Updated April 2, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

If you knew me in high school, you would have known that I was a huge car nut and motorsports fan. I never really was into such things for the prestige, but for the engineering and talent. I could watch a race car go around a track for days on end and marvel at the […]

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Blah

Last Updated March 8, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

… that’s how I’ve been feeling lately.  I’ve missed three days of work being sick. It feels like an amazingly hardcore sinus infection.  I’m off to the Dr. in the morning.  When I get feeling better, I’ll continue posting my Neo-Youth Ministry Series.

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New Year’s Resolutions Update

Last Updated February 17, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

Well, if you are going to make resolutions, you should at least see how you’re doing periodically. Here’s a rundown on mine: Pray the daily office using Phyllis Tickle’s The Divine Hours: Not going so well. I was doing okay early in the year, but I never found a rhythm. I think I need to […]

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All Books Read in 2007

Last Updated January 11, 2007 by Matt 1 Comment

I started doing this last year, and thought it would be a good idea to continue this year. Maybe this year, I can keep up with the list as I go and not forget books. Anyways, this post is mostly for my own personal record-keeping. As I read books and put them in my sidebar, […]

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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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