i was given youth ministry 3.0 by the folks at youthworker movement and asked to give a recommendation on whether it is a must read, okay read, and on down the line. knowing mark oestriecher through some mild interactions and...
It seems I'm often a bit late in reading books in a topic/area that everyone else has already read. Oh well. I finally read Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus by Mark Yaconelli. And I'm so glad that I did - I can say, right off, that this is an excellent book, that...
in my ever growing list of links. i realize i should probably at some point organize them, or offer commentary of my own.. naaah... myyearbook.com continues to grow. will it be the next myspace / facebook? the new romantic engagement...
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time just seems to be going everywhere but into blog posting. no biggie, just means i'm working with the youth who i am sorta paid to minister with. so for the time you can see some of the fruits of...
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episode five of the youthworker movement podcast is up and going. subscribe via itunes mark is the director of the youth ministry spirituality project and the author of "contemplative youth ministry" and "growing souls." i met up with mark to...
put together your own green youth ministry or church retreat. using a blog for ministry bishop willimon on his blogging experiences how not to take photos corporate responsibility and the freegans building christian community online part 2, part 1 jim...
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i am pondering what sort of relations do a postmodern model of youth ministry have with a methodist church and it's laity driven history.. and the trouble that brings about because it goes against just about every other model of...
tonight we started "eikon" an arts initiative within & outside our youth community. eikon, we hope, will become small communities of artisans that help us to practice a medium as well as frame our art as spiritual practice. tonight we...
i recently finished reading "a new kind of youth ministry" a book by chris folmsbee. chris is the president of sonlife ministries, which is training group for youth & youth ministers. recently they partnered with youthfront camps which, i think,...
i stopped doing resolution stuff years ago. i realized i sucked at them. so why devote energy that direction. i am however looking forward to a number of things in 2008. in no particular order. i look forward to... the...
it's late. i've got some sleep to catch up on (didn't sleep much last night). here is the cliff notes from today. see my nywc pilgrimage photos.. i got kinda silly with some don't forget my twittering.. this is kinda...
.. Christians over the centuries have been notorious for seizing spiritual practices as weapons designed to bludgeon human passions into submission. Less noteworthy but more orthodox views held that human passions were dynamic, God-given impulses, presently distorted by sin and...