Thanks Walt from CPYU for the tip… A new study from the UK shows that 2 in 5 teenage girls age 13-16 want cosmetic surgery. The main reasons? Bullying and Confidence. That is troubling. More troubling is that in the study, 49% wanted surgery for weight loss! What kind of […]
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Free Disciple Now Planning Guide….
This has been on the Net for a while (I first used it in 2004!), but Lifeway has just reposted this on their site and it is a very good tool. If you are starting out in Student Ministry, this is a resource worth a look. You can’t beat it […]
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Everything More or Everything More+? Which is a better deal?
I have been doing Mobile Technology Needs Analysis for clients and friends for a few years. It used to be very cut and dry. you worked through a few questions and you are done…T-Mobile changed that for me in October. Thanks… The questions used to be (which works for everyone […]
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Top 10 Excuses Every Youth Group Student Makes:
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 don’t understand it (but yet can’t understand it because I don’t read it…) […]
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Former NFL Linebacker Plants Church…Makes it Transformational
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 […]
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#symc2010 The Myth of the Rockstar Youth Pastor
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 […]
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Sometimes we make things harder than they have to be…
In ministry, we often are waiting and looking for “the next big thing“. This causes us to look and research and ponder and pander to things that often don’t really matter. One of the blogs I follow posted a link to the “Parable of the Toaster“, which as an IT […]
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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 […]
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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) […]
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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 […]
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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 […]