Archive for June, 2007

iTunes Shuffle…

Posted: 28th June 2007 by Chris in Uncategorized

A week or so ago I got tagged by Stacy Sublett (a friend of mine who is a youth pastor in State College, PA) with a fun little deal he ripped from Jason Powell’s blog… So here goes, the 15 songs that came up when I opened iTunes and hit Shuffle.

Now’s the Time — Miles [...]

Stoked up!

Posted: 22nd June 2007 by Chris in Events, Youth Ministry

I am really excited about today! Today we are hosting Awake, an interactive weekend for middle school students at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL. Awake is designed to help students engage with God’s great story and wake up to a new way of life.
I am stoked for a couple of reasons. [...]

re:Discovering Jesus

Posted: 21st June 2007 by Chris in Books, Youth Ministry

I buy a ton of books. My wife gets annoyed with me sometimes because I have more books than shelf space so most of them sit in boxes in closets and the garage. Most of the books that I buy I pick up in the sale bin for less than $5. My [...]

I read a very interesting article that puts forth a “catechises” that Pope Benedict XVI gave to more than 25,000 youth that gathered in the square of Santa Maria degli Angeli (St. Mary of the Angels), a basilica at the foot of the hill of Assisi, Italy. It is here that as a young [...]

Why I haven’t posted in a while…

Posted: 13th June 2007 by Chris in Youth Ministry

Thanks to those of you who have sent an email to see if I am OK since I haven’t posted in a while. I am fine… Well, the truth is I am not really fine. I have a bit of Pneumonia I am getting past but the main reason I haven’t posted lately [...]

I wandered through a very artistic expression of the Stations of the Cross on a mountainside in Radium, British Columbia, Canada a few days ago. The bronze depictions of Jesus’ journey to death and his glorious resurrection were a great reminder of his love and sacrifice for me — for us.
The Stations of the [...]