In case you didn’t know, I’m a subscriber (though not necessarily a hardcore enthusiastic legalist) to David Allen’s personal productivity system for Getting Things Done (for an introduction to this system, go here). Over the past couple of years, I’ve played with different ways to implement the system, from an all-paper system to a hybrid […]
Linkworthy – 5/24/09
Seminaries, Ordination, and Denominationalism For yet another week, this topic deserves its own category. Transparency in the Ordination Process – Adam Walker Cleaveland shares his thoughts about this whole ongoing dilemma. He also links to tons of people’s opinions regarding the ordination debate. National and Local Ordination Standards – Adam isn’t finished talking yet. The […]
Douglas John Hall on the End of Christendom
I just finished reading Douglas John Hall’s brief book The End of Christendom and the Future of Christianity for the class I am taking in June. It’s a quick read, and at the time it was written (1997) might have been a profound work. It’s a bit dated now but still contains a few gems: […]
The Positive Side of the One-Eared Mickey Mouse
If you’ve been in youth ministry for any length of time, you have probably heard of the one-eared Mickey Mouse (surprisingly, I couldn’t find a suitable picture online and didn’t feel like making one myself, so hopefully you are familiar with it). For years now we have spoken out against creating a separate “youth church” […]
Supervising Youth Ministry Interns: Suggestions
I was very impressed with the quality of suggestions left in the comments section of yesterday’s post. Really, you should go and read every single one of them. They were all well thought out, insightful, and helpful. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond. Most of the comments were quite long (in […]
Supervising Youth Ministry Interns
On Sunday, our first youth ministry intern arrives in town and will start his first official day on the job on Tuesday. Obviously, I have a rough game plan, but I’ve never really done this before, so I’m sort of making this up as I go. Hopefully I will be able to post some insights […]
Book Review: Strengths-Based Leadership
Quick Summary: Strengths-Based Leadership includes a code to take the StrengthsFinder inventory, the exact same one you take when you purchase StrengthsFinder 2.0. Strengths-Based Leadership teaches you how to lead with your strengths and how to lead others depending on their strengths. It also gives overviews of all the different strengths. Because of this, Strengths-Based […]
Summer Blog Schedule
Since I’ve started this goal of posting at least once per day since April I’ve come up with quite a few different ideas for posts and series that I think might create some good discussion. The problem is, summer is upon us. For those of us in youth ministry summer usually means one thing: unpredictability. […]
Linkworthy – 5/17/09
Seminary, Ordination, and Denominationalism The blogosphere was still abuzz on this topic for another week. If you’ve missed out on the conversation, check out my links here. If I missed any posts, drop a note in the comments. A condensed and modified version of my Irrelevance of Seminary series at GoingtoSeminary.com. A pastor responds to […]
MyWitness: Local Ideas
Musician Shaun Groves has made a provocative post about the way third world churches function compared to western churches, and it is making waves in the Christian blogosphere. It is a quick read, with lots of powerful pictures, so I suggest you read it first to give my post some context. In the comments section […]
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