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Theologically Vacuous Christian Advertising

Last Updated May 8, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments

Got a packet of advertisements in the mail at church yesterday. Two stood out: On the outside of the packet there was a teaser from a sign company: “The first step in growth? A quality church sign.” Then, on the real advertisement inside, it said: “This is the sign that reached the family and brought […]

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I Think I Finally Have a Need for a Video iPod

Last Updated May 7, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments

I made a potentially time-consuming discovery the other day: TED.com. It’s pretty much one big happy convergence of brilliance. The ecclesiolgy pointed at in the video below makes it one of my favorites. Go to the site and enjoy. In the meantime, I’ll be trying to figure out how to get my hands on a […]

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I Don’t Understand Twitter…

Last Updated May 4, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments

…but it’s finally starting to catch on pretty big.  I’ll have to give it a shot and see what I think.

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Productivity Push

Last Updated March 7, 2008 by Matt 3 Comments

Blah.  That’s pretty much where I’ve been lately. Just blah. Not sad, not happy, just blah.  And I think part of it is that I want to do so many things with my work, life, house, classes writing, whatever, and I look at the calendar and another month has gone by and I haven’t taken […]

Filed Under: Personal, Random Tagged With: Getting Things Done, GTD, productivity

My Most Random Post Ever

Last Updated February 23, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

I haven’t been happy with myself lately. I feel like I’m not managing my time very well. I’ve got all these things going on and I feel like I’m doing all (well, maybe most) of them very crappily. I’ve gotten a bit behind in my GTD system, which could be part of the problem. I […]

Filed Under: Personal, Random Tagged With: basketball, Books, Getting Things Done, GTD, NCAA, Politics, time management

NCAA Basketball

Last Updated February 16, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

I’ve been watching a fair amount of college basketball this season.  In the one game I watched of them this season, Tennessee has impressed me more than any other team at this stage.  My prediction as of right now: if Tennessee beats Memphis Saturday, they win the tourney. My emotional favorite to win: Duke. The […]

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123 Book Meme

Last Updated February 15, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

Jake tagged me for the 123 book meme.  So here’s the deal: (1) Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating! (2) Turn to page 123. (3) Find the first 5 sentences. (4) Post the next 3 sentences. (5) Tag 5 people. Me: Joining a church-planting team is.  Standing with mothers […]

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Lessons in Eisegesis

Last Updated February 14, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

From merriam-webster.com: Eisegesis – the interpretation of a text (as of the Bible) by reading into it one’s own ideas On that note, watch this video on YouTube. (I tried to embed the video, but it messed up my template for some reason. I’ll have to check that out.)

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: Eisegesis, hermeneutics, King James, KJV, preaching

Denominational Differences

Last Updated January 11, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

As someone who has been exposed to differing denominations (non-, Baptist, Lutheran, some 2nd-order Presbyterianism), I would like to burst the bubble of those who are lifelong adherents to a particular denomination. It is common across denominational boundaries that: No one sits on the front row. Coffee flows like milk and honey. Food and pot-luck […]

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Posting Hiatus

Last Updated November 20, 2007 by Matt 4 Comments

Chances are there won’t be any new posts until the Monday after Thanksgiving.  I’ll be busy visiting families, getting ready for our monthly Sunday night service, taking vacation, blah blah blah. If I do post, just consider it a gift.

Filed Under: Blogging, Personal, Random

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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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