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The Gospel According to Chopin

Last Updated June 29, 2011 by Matt 2 Comments

Earlier this month I was taking a seminary class at Luther Seminary with John Roberto of Lifelong Faith Associates. During one of the classes, he showed us what may be the best TED video I’ve ever seen. It could be titled, “The Gospel According to Chopin” (by the way, I am in no way a […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, Youth Ministry Tagged With: church, discipleship, gospel

Now Reading: Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian Resistance in a Consumer Culture by Brian J. Mahan, Michael Warren, and David F. White

Last Updated May 18, 2008 by Matt 4 Comments

I started reading a new book Friday that I’m really excited about. I read Practicing Discernment With Youth: A Transformative Youth Ministry Approach by David F. White last year and really enjoyed about 2/3 of the book. I liked where White was coming from in the book, but thought that he didn’t exactly take his […]

Filed Under: Books, Youth Ministry Tagged With: discipleship

Examining Dare 2 Share’s Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis: Part 2

Last Updated May 15, 2008 by Matt 11 Comments

Previous Posts: • Introductory thoughts • Part 1 1. What Deep and Wide Youth Ministry is Not (pages 3-4) It is not just another approach to youth ministry I found it interesting that the thesis tries to convince us that “Deep and Wide Youth Ministry is not a gimmick or a method” (3) and then […]

Filed Under: Youth Ministry Tagged With: Dare 2 Share, discipleship, evangelism

Examining Dare 2 Share’s Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis: Part 1

Last Updated May 14, 2008 by Matt 8 Comments

Previous Posts: • Introductory thoughts Before I begin, I would like to applaud Dare 2 Share (D2S) for making their Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis available for free rather than turning it into a book or a training tour that you have to pay to get access to (and if they do decide to […]

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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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