Archive for December, 2009
Top Ten Excuses Every Youth Group Student Makes
This post is in response to Life in Student Ministry’s 100 Blog Topics I hope You Write #87 Top 10 Excuses Every Youth Group Student Makes: #10. I want to look different, just like everyone else. #9. I’m too busy with all the other stuff I’m doing #8. I don’t read the Bible because I [...]
The Google Phone "Nexus One" Specs are Revealed….
[Image Thanks to BGR] The specs have allegedly leaked for the Nexus One/Google Phone/iPhone Killer/Whatever, and they look very impressive: According the the tip sent into Engadget, the Nexus One will feature: Android 2.1 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display microSD expansion (4GB microSD included, expandable to 32GB) 5 megapixel camera with mechanical [...]
Smartphones and Pastors Make Strange Bedfellows…Part 1 – iPhone 3G/GS
Part One of a Series… At 30 years old, I have seen some interesting trends in technology. For example, I remember when most of the available cell phones came in a bag. The move to text-messaging, facebook, and mobile-friendly internet has made life interesting as a web-developer and as a Youth Pastor. All this to [...]
Are You All In?…
Are we truly giving God all He deserves? Last night at a Prayer meeting I attend, one of the leaders in our Men’s Ministry prayed a prayer that struck me and challenged with a few phrases : “God Help us remember it’s all yours, everything” – We in America in 2009 (soon to be 2010) [...]
RIM Tops in Smartphone Sales, despite bad browser…..
Apple’s not so dirty little secret is that Blackberry is consistently besting iPhone sales quarter by quarter, even to the point of record profits this quarter for RIM (Research in Motion). In fact, the top three selling smartphones last quater all were fruits, but none were Apples! Think what could happen when Blackberry gets a [...]
Get in the Game…[Repost]
You cannot get in the game if you do not know the rules: You would be not very smart to step on the football field without reading the rulebook or the playbook. In fact, the coach would be not very smart for letting you walk in the field in that condition! The Bible is our [...]
Hot Topic: Is it OK to get a Tatoo as a Christian?
*Being a Christian in our Culture….* First, You have *Leviticus 19:28 (Amplified) *which says,* “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.” But there are other verses from that passage that says things like verse 19 (Look it up…)* [...]
Reaching Rural Kids Versus Reaching Urban Kids:
This post is in response to a post on StudentMinistry.org called “100 Blog topics I hope YOU write“: I am in my eighth year of Youth Ministry, serving in West-Central Indiana. I have spent the majority of this time in Rural Ministry. I come from a Cattle/Row Crop Farm in South Illinois and have seen [...]
Church Website Design Series…Churches With Good Websites…#1 (In No Particular Order)
This is the fist in a new series at Ministryplace that is going to look at church websites that are done well (and maybe some later that are not done as well)….. *Want Your Church Website Reviewed? Comment it! Southridge Church (southridgechurch.ca) *What They Did Well*: – Good use of whitespace on homepage – Good [...]
What A Great Top Ten!!!
Greg Stier (gregstier.org) of Dare2Share Ministries posted an awesome encouragement to engage in Evangelism. Top 10 Reasons I Love Sharing My Faith 1. Beside dying on the cross for someone else’s sins, it is the ultimate way you can love your neighbor. 2. It is exciting! 3. It is a message that is easy to [...]
Internet Explorer 5.5 and the Church…A Fair Comparison?
Not Long ago, ChurchCrunch took a look at IE 5.5 and the comparison to
methods of doing Church in America. I found some of the points very
thought-provoking….
