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Last Updated January 28, 2005 by Matt Leave a Comment

Found at http://www.theotherjournal.net/: “I’m not mad at liberals who want to perform some procedural form of democracy. What I am upset about are Christians who think that is their primary task in the world in which we find ourselves. And I want them to remember that our first task is to be the church of […]

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Dang it!

Last Updated January 27, 2005 by Matt Leave a Comment

I just wrote a fairly lengthy entry and then it got lost. So I’m a little upset about that. Oh well. Instead, here’s some quotes from Kenda Creasy Dean in the latest round of articles from youthspecialties.com. Interesting stuff. It’s worth reading the whole article. “In other words, instead of winning teenagers’ trust for the […]

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No promises…

Last Updated January 24, 2005 by Matt Leave a Comment

I had something that I wanted to write about, but as I logged on to do it, I totally forgot about what that was. So, in attempt to jump-start my thinking, I’m just going to write. If this goes into nowhere, I’m sorry. But, since no one reads this anyways, I’m only wasting my own […]

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I’m the worst blogger ever

Last Updated January 18, 2005 by Matt Leave a Comment

Random thoughts: – So, it’s been 2 months now since my last blog, pretty bad if you ask me. I really need to work on that. – I can’t believe some people’s blogging habits (or should I say addictions). It seems like all they do is read stuff on the internet and write stuff for […]

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Emergent Post #1

Last Updated November 18, 2004 by Matt 1 Comment

I title this as post #1 because there will probably be a lot more to say about this as I continue to formulate my thoughts. When I first heard about the emergent movement, I really felt as if it was something that dealt with the needs I saw in the church as a whole and […]

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Those darn Christians

Last Updated October 20, 2004 by Matt Leave a Comment

I was informed today that in the local newspaper (small, Bible-belt town) that a letter to the editor was published saying that voting for Kerry would be like voting for Satan. I’m glad he spoke for all us Christians. Now those of us with a brain have to undo crap that people like this say. […]

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I can’t believe it

Last Updated October 18, 2004 by Matt Leave a Comment

The Astros won game 5! Amazing. Who woulda thought? I got to see my fiancee today. That was wonderful. I missed her.

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Astros… and then chasing a rabbit

Last Updated October 15, 2004 by Matt Leave a Comment

After winning the first playoff series in franchise history, the Astros look like they are up to their old tricks. I missed most of game 2, but from what I could tell, middle relief gave up the game yet again. We’ve gotta win these two at home to stand a chance. On a totally separate […]

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I’m a nerd

Last Updated October 15, 2004 by Matt 1 Comment

Over the past few years, I’ve been adding books to my amazon.com wish list that I eventually want to buy. As I take all of these cool classes at school and hear about good books in class and from other people (or stumble upon them myself), I put them on my list so one day […]

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the first one!

Last Updated October 14, 2004 by Matt Leave a Comment

Well, I guess that it was only a matter of time before this happened. I mean, everyone’s doing it, so why not me? As much as I hate to be a conformist, blogs are an amazing idea. You can post your thoughts and let other people tell you how dumb or brilliant you are. This […]

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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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