I spent Sunday and Monday at my alma mater, John Brown University, with some of my students. It was good to be back on campus, worship in chapel, and see some of my professors. And, of course, to see my good friends Noah, Rusty, and Sadie. Hopefully I’ll get back to blogging in the next […]
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Prayer and Capitalism
There’s a great post over at Inhabitatio Dei. An excerpt: [I]n the actual practice of making decisions and establishing agendas and practices in Christian ministries today, it is the flow of money or its absence that is accorded primal theological significance. How decisions get made regarding the shape and focus of the ministerial life is […]
Neo-Youth Ministry Methods: Education and Teaching
A Neo-Youth Ministry will contain significantly less traditional educational time and programs than current youth ministry practice. For some reason, we have been taught to equate depth and maturity with Bible knowledge. I would say that a lot of youth groups have about three main “programs”, each of which tend to center around Bible knowledge: […]
100 Answers in (around) 100 Words
Over at Life in Student Ministry, Tim Schmoyer has a post on “100 blog topics I hope YOU to write.” Well, I’m done. I have tried to answer every topic with one (different) word. Some are serious, others are tongue-in-cheek. You’ll have to decide for yourself. How to use Facebook for ministry: Groups. How to […]
Kevin Vanhoozer on Youth Ministry
Okay, well, he doesn’t exactly comment on youth ministry. But in an interview at The Exiled Preacher, Vanhoozer is asked about the pastor’s task as theologian. I’ve argued elsewhere that a youth minister has a similar theological responsibility, and think there are obvious parallels. Guy Davies: In the Drama of Doctrine, you suggested that the […]
Neo-Youth Ministry Part 9: The Youth Minister as Interpreter and Synthesizer
Flowing out of all of the other roles of a Neo-Youth Minister (especially theologian, pastor, prophet, and spiritual director), a Neo-Youth Minister must be an interpreter. By this, I mean that the youth minister must be skilled in interpreting the following realms: Culture. A Neo-Youth Minister must be able to make sense and extract meaning […]
In good company
As I’ve said before, I believe that ecclesiology is the number one problem facing youth ministry (and the church) today. It seems I am in good company. In my inbox today was the monthly E-Journal from Fuller Seminary’s Center for Youth and Family Ministry (All youth ministers should subscribe to this and actually read it). […]
Neo-Youth Ministry Part 8: The Youth Minister as Youth Advocate
A Neo-Youth Minister must be an advocate for adolescents to the adults with which he or she interacts. Perhaps one of the reasons why youth ministry (not to mention youth ministers) has such a hard time dealing with the expectations of congregations, parents, and other church leadership is that they do not understand the nature […]
New Look
Decided to change the look of the blog. This WordPress theme was recently released and I fell in love. I’ll probably make some minor tweaks over the next week.
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