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Linkworthy – 8/13/10

Last Updated August 13, 2010 by Matt 1 Comment

Youth Ministry Adam Lehman shares how he uses Scalable Communication How to debrief your youth group missions team – A free resource A you scheduling time for Dreaming, Resting and Growing? Thoughts on Selecting a Short-Term Missions Experience A new youth ministry conference is in the works: Youth Network Conference I was blown away by […]

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Big Tent Christianity in Big Time Denominations

Last Updated August 12, 2010 by Matt 4 Comments

“[It is] urgent … to reclaim a Big Tent Christianity, a centrist return to ‘just Christian’ in word and action. The two poles are driving each other ever further apart, spawning ever deeper hostilities. The solution — in American society as in the church — certainly is not to let the other’s anger fuel my […]

Filed Under: Christianity Tagged With: synchroblog, Big Tent Christianity, philip clayton

Linkworthy 8/6/10

Last Updated August 6, 2010 by Matt Leave a Comment

Youth Ministry Adam Lehman is now a part-time student ministry director. And he’s not bitter. Adam McLane’s ministry is shifting to a Go and Do Discipleship Model A sweet graphic: Social Media Infographic. The most interesting stats: 78% of customers trust peer recommendations; 14% trust advertisements; 34% of bloggers post opinions on products and brands. […]

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The Waning Adolescent Rite of Passage: Driving

Last Updated August 3, 2010 by Matt 10 Comments

After just reading Teen 2.0 last month, I read in this month’s edition of Car and Driver magazine that the Washington Post reports that only 30 percent of 16 year olds in 2008 received driver’s licenses, as opposed to 45 percent 20 years ago. Methinks the two are related. I remember being so upset when […]

Filed Under: Youth Ministry Tagged With: driver's license, driving, rite of passage, teens

August Archives

Last Updated August 2, 2010 by Matt 1 Comment

I realized there are a lot of good posts that have been buried for years, so every month I’m going to try to link to some of my person favorite posts written each month since 2005. Here’s the best from August: Transforming Churches into Mission Centers: Rethinking Ordination, 2009. “If we are going to be […]

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Linkworthy – 7/30/10

Last Updated July 30, 2010 by Matt 1 Comment

Youth Ministry An alternative to mission trips: Co-Mission Continuing with the discussions about youth group mission trips, Tim says Short Term Student Mission Trips Are Worth It. This isn’t a youth ministry post, and I don’t really know what I think about the book recommendation in it, but in general he is right. All youth […]

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Book Review: The Promise of Despair by Andrew Root

Last Updated July 28, 2010 by Matt Leave a Comment

Quite the title, isn’t it? Yes, The Promise of Despair: The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church by Andrew Root has quite the suggestive title, but that is part of the point. This is a book about death, in both a literal and symbolic sense. Death is not limited to people […]

Filed Under: Theology, Book Reviews Tagged With: Andrew Root, death, despair, Luther, theology of the cross

Get a FREE Copy of Relationships Unfiltered by Andrew Root

Last Updated July 27, 2010 by Matt 4 Comments

[NOTE: THE FREE COPY OF THE BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. 230 BOOKS GOT MAILED OUT. BUT READ BELOW TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET 40% OFF THE BOOK] Below is a message from Andrew Root, Associate Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, and author of the books Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry, […]

Filed Under: Books, Youth Ministry Tagged With: small groups, Andrew Root, free

The Best Podcast: Homebrewed Christianity

Last Updated July 26, 2010 by Matt 6 Comments

If you are a theology nerd, like me, there is no better podcast out there right now than Homebrewed Christianity. It’s awesome for all the right reasons: Killer Guests. Each week they interview a guest, usually someone who has recently released a book (but not always). Their past guests have included: Andrew Root, N.T. Wright […]

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Linkworthy – 7/23/10

Last Updated July 23, 2010 by Matt Leave a Comment

Youth Ministry Jake like to discuss big questions. I think youth ministers need to get together more and discuss big questions as well. Risk Lawrence on The Parachurch Mistake Top Ten Mistakes Christian Parents of Teens Make But, sometimes it isn’t always the parents’ fault: Good Parents May Plant Bad Seeds Share of College Spending […]

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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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