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A Theology of Graduation

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I made the following post on the discussion boards at Youth Ministry Exchange: Is it theologically appropriate to recognize graduates in the way we do? Every year we have a breakfast for our high school seniors and then honor them in the service, have a slide show, and they wear their cap and gowns during […]

Will the Mainline Church Lead the Way in Youth Ministry?

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A quick thought that needs to be thought out some more: I have witnessed an interesting trend lately, though only anecdotally, so it might not mean anything: many of my youth ministry friends who grew up in conservative evangelicalism are turning to mainline churches (i.e. big centralized denominations: Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, etc.). In thinking […]

Linkworthy: 5/24/08

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So, I’m going to try to post weekly links to blog posts that I think would be interesting to those in youth ministry. This week’s winners: Can we really be in a recession when little girls are getting spa treatments? Gman links to an archive of tributes to Mike Yaconelli. Somehow I’ve never come across […]

Under the Gun…

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So, don’t plan on any blogs today or tomorrow. I have a final paper to finish writing for my seminary class and it is due tomorrow. I’m not near where I wanted to be by now, so blogging gets the boot. See ya Wednesday.

Now Reading: Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian Resistance in a Consumer Culture by Brian J. Mahan, Michael Warren, and David F. White

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I started reading a new book Friday that I’m really excited about. I read Practicing Discernment With Youth: A Transformative Youth Ministry Approach by David F. White last year and really enjoyed about 2/3 of the book. I liked where White was coming from in the book, but thought that he didn’t exactly take his […]

Book Review: All the Ideas Living in My Head: One Guy’s Musings About Truth by Don Everts

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  As someone who has been in ministry on college campuses since 1994 through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Don Everts is no stranger to ideas. College campuses are breeding grounds for dialogue, debate, idea sharing, and general philosophizing. It wasn’t until having an email conversation about the nature of the authority of scripture that Everts really […]

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