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Linkworthy 9/14/09

Last Updated September 14, 2009 by Matt 1 Comment

It’s been a while since my last Linkworthy post. Some good stuff I’ve seen over the past few weeks:

Youth Ministry

  • Common misconception about student ministry: Student Ministries must be fun and entertaining because students have a short attention span and need lots of stimulus in order to keep them engaged.
  • Some radical ideas for rethinking education. I like radical ideas.
  • Are the Brains of Reckless Teens More Mature Than Those of Their Prudent Peers? (HT: Jake Bouma)
  • 71 fundraising ideas for youth ministry.
  • A youth ministry myth seems to be busted: college does not kill students’ faith.

Ecclesiology & Church

  • Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline – Orthodoxy matters. It’s an old article, but I just found it this week.
  • Robert Benne on the ELCA
  • 3 positive effects of the recession on the church.
  • “How much will it cost?” is the wrong question for churches to ask.
  • Ideas for rethinking ordination.
  • Ordination and the Lord’s Table from David Fitch.
  • An idea from a truly pro-life church.
  • Greg Stier has some good thoughts on giving and stewardship.

Miscellaneous

  • As someone who thinks he might want to write a book one day, these words from Bill Kinnon and Jordon Cooper are highly interesting. Perhaps I’ll stick to blogging.
  • Drew shares some ideas for fixing healthcare and a video from Ron Paul.
  • The power of social media. It’s real.
  • On using “they” as a universal singular pronoun (i.e. “it is too hideous for anyone in their senses to buy”)

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  1. Tim Schmoyer says

    September 14, 2009 at 11:21 am

    Thanks for the link, Matt! 🙂

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