Having been a member at an SBC church for a time, I feel like I have a little bit of authority to criticize certain things. This is absolutely laughable.
Christian Radio
I still feel like I’m trying to catch up from when I was out of the office for three days being sick. Craziness. The blogging has suffered notably. Anyways, I heard something along these lines on the radio on the way to work yesterday morning, “Your body is simply a vehicle for transporting your soul.” […]
He says it better
After just writing a post on the need for youth ministers to embrace their roles as theologians (as well as writing one a few months ago), I received the most recent edition (January/February) of The Journal of Student Ministries. On the cover I noticed an article on “Theological Rigor” by (Dr.) Andrew Root. I have […]
Book Review: Choosing Church
In Choosing Church Carol Lytch, a Presbyterian minister, sociologist, and theological educator, seeks to discover what factors keep students attending church through their senior year of high school. In a time when other research shows the steep decline in church attendance among teens as they age such a project is all the more appropriate. Lytch […]
The State of the (Youth Ministry) Union
I wrote this article for our January church newsletter. Throughout this year, I am trying to get our church to reimagine what it means and looks like to “do” youth ministry. This article is the first step in that process. Matt’s Musings: The State of the (Youth Ministry) Union Sometime near the end of this […]
All Books Read in 2007
I started doing this last year, and thought it would be a good idea to continue this year. Maybe this year, I can keep up with the list as I go and not forget books. Anyways, this post is mostly for my own personal record-keeping. As I read books and put them in my sidebar, […]
Spontaneous Blog-Fast Now Over
I decided to take a one month blog-fast beginning December 9. After I wrote my post that day, I thought it would be good to just forget about the blog for a little while. Ok, yeah, I’m just kidding. In reality I’ve just been really lazy and busy and haven’t posted anything. But “blog-fast” sounds […]
Ecclesiology
I’m not used to having people actually read my blog. Youth Guy Evan apparently stumbled across it a little while ago and actually came back to see what I wrote in response to his comment. While I appreciate his interest, he is actually forcing me to keep on my toes and explain what I am […]
More Issues in Youth Ministry
Youth Guy Evan wrote this in response to a previous post: I’d be curious to know though, who do you think is to blame for youth ministry’s dependency on youth pastors? Culture? Students? Parents? the Church? Ourselves? All of the above? Difficult to tell… because i think at times all of them are true at […]
From the “You Can’t Make this Up” File
Benny Hinn got a new airplane. And he needs YOU to help cover the $6 million down payment! HT: Tim Challies