We like safety. We do things to make our life easy. We like easy. Church looks nice when it is easy. Smiling faces. Shallow conversation. Sports. Weather. News. Kids. Everyone is great. We work hard not to go too far. We don’t want to give up too much, other people might think we’re strange. People we feel safe around.
I have [...]
There’s a time for laughter…
This is a topic that has been simmering since a January discussion with one of my dear friends who is a former youth pastor (now senior pastor). We discussed where youth ministry is going and where it has been. We can laugh at videos like the Ignatius YouTube clip or The “5 Rules” video from Jake [...]
Is it ever OK to lie?
Lets say you were on a mission trip to smuggle bibles across a closed country’s border. Upon arriving at the check point the officials ask you if you have any bibles in the car. Do you lie?
When we lie, regardless of the situation. what we are really doing (in God’s eyes) is saying I know [...]
Fox Charlotte ran a story this Sunday on the launch of a new church in the Charlotte area, called Transformation Church.
“This is an incredible day. Several months ago we had no building, no money, no anything, and now transformation church has been launched,”
Gray says. After serving as co-pastor at a church in South Charlotte, Gray is branching out, bringing his [...]
NY Times and Cnet have both recently run stories on a new site called ChatRoulette.com (lack of link intentional). I applaud both for their warning parents of this site. The premise of the site is this: you connect via webcam with random people from all over the globe for chatting. The downside: there is no way of knowing who you [...]
Man, this would have been sweet last week for the Super Bowl Big Game….
Here is the Original Link [Museum of Idolatry]
The new Pew Survey showed that teens are not exactly using tech the way we thought…
The findings show that the Internet isn’t just prevalent in our lives, it is our lives. Ninety-three percent of teens ages 12 to 17 go online, 75% of them own a cell phone, and 66% say they text. In fact, 58% of 12-year-olds now have [...]
Fox News 31 in Denver recently ran a story about teens getting sexual solicitations from adults over Xbox Live. I was first a bit surprised when i read this story, then it made sense. Sexual predators did not change to make this start happening. They just continued the behavior that they usually operate with. To find a target that is [...]
What is your church/ministry doing to reach 18-40 year olds? What works? What doesn’t? I’d love to hear about it…
Here’s the stuff I didn’t get to this week… Have a Good read…
You Cant Wait for the next big thing
http://churchcrunch.com/your-ministry-cant-wait-for-the-next-big-thing/
House Bill 1036 in Indiana could subject non licensed church daycare centers to State Regulation, plus other “possible infringements”
http://www.advanceamerica.com/blog/?cat=4
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN1036.1.html
Hope and the American Church
http://www.thomrainer.com/2010/01/hope-and-the-american-church.php
Teens View the Church, Interesting
http://wiffiti.com/screens/timeline/15090?page=2
Good insight on Web Ministry
http://churchcrunch.com/5-ways-to-fail-as-a-ministry-web-team/
Interesting read on future tech…
http://www.studentministry.org/how-mobile-location-based-games-will-impact-the-future-of-youth-ministry/
This is a good read about TBN
http://www.thinkchristian.net/index.php/2010/01/13/a-week-of-watching-tbn-part-1/
Avast [...]
Celebrate Hope with a very special candle!
Celebrating Home invites you to join us as we Celebrate Hope for the earthquake victims in Haiti with your candle purchase.
Available January 25 through February 28, 2010
For each beautiful limited edition Celebrate Hope—Tropical Sunset scented candle you purchase, Celebrating Home will donate $3 to the Samaritan’s Purse® International Relief Organization for Haiti victims. Samaritan’s [...]
Rick from “Cheaper than Therapy” wrote a humorous obituary for the Emergent Church that is telling of history, roots, relations, and very funny. Worth a read, regardless of your views on EC….
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