I’m fascinated by the current news happening in the financial markets right now. For some reason it’s all very interesting to me. One of the most telling article’s I’ve read in recent days is this article from the Wall Street Journal that shows the ratio of median home prices to median incomes. From 1981-2000, the […]
An Alternative to the $700 Billion Plan
I don’t much like the idea of the government playing in the markets with $700 billion. For a possibile alternative, check out this link. Let me know what you think.
Issues in Ecclesiology
I saw someone link to this post and thought it showed so much of what is wrong in the church today. It shows our current ecclesiology in action. The post comes from a guy who apparently is a DJ on a Christian radio station and he thought it was wierd that chruches charge members for […]
Book Review: Awakening Youth Discipleship
Awakening Youth Discipleship brings together a trio of Methodist and Roman Catholic youth ministry academics to present their thoughts about discipling adolescents in a consumer culture. Youth ministry veterans Brian Mahan, Michael Warren, and David White each offer two chapters in this short book (126 pages), but unlike many youth ministry books written by professors, […]
Interviewed
Jeremy Zach’s blog Crazy Contemplations is one of my favorite youth ministry blogs. He tend to say things that are fairly original, creative, and worth reading. He’s doing a series of interviews with youth ministry bloggers and selected me for the series. You can read my interview here. While you’re there, add Jeremy to your […]
Welcome YS Update Readers
Thanks to my friend Todd Vick, I learned that this blog was featured in the YS Update this week, which is kind of neat. Unfortunately, as tends to happen, the summer ministry craziness got me out of blogging rhythm, so I haven’t made many substantive posts lately. For those who are visiting the blog for […]
Democratic and Republican National Convention Analysis
The best I have read thus far (and I have read quite a bit) comes from Inhabitatio Dei. A quote: As far as I can see there is little, if any possibility of a truly non-messianic politics in America, at least on the macro-scale. Our work in our wider communities must, I think take some […]
Sermon From August 3, 2008
Below is a link to the mp3 of a sermon I preached on August 3rd. It was on the feeding of the 5,000 and takes a bit of a different take on the passage. It’s a bit on the quiet side, so turn up the volume. Sermon Audio Link
Bookshelf Anomalies #6: The Purpose Driven Life & Messy Spirituality
Bookshelf Anomalies #1 Bookshelf Anomalies #2 Bookshelf Anomalies #3 Bookshelf Anomalies #4 Bookshelf Anomalies #5 Two approaches to mature Christian spirituality are highlighted in these two books, one of which has sold millions of copies, the other one hasn’t. I’ll let you figure out which is which. Rick Warren’s approach in The Purpose Driven Life […]
Thoughts have been swirling in my head…
…and are about to break the blog out of this lull it went through over the summer. Look here for more.
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