I spent the weekend speaking at a retreat for University Park United Methodist Church at an amazing camp about 2 hours east of Dallas called Sky Ranch. If I have ever been at a nicer camp, I don’t remember it.
My friend Garth invited me to speak. Garth and I met about 10 years [...]
Archive for August, 2007
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I had the privilege to participate with the NNYM in a round-table discussion with Keith Anderson, Bo Boshers, Chris Brooks, Kenda Creasy Dean, Kara Powell and Dave Rahn on transformational youth ministry.
You can download the article here: http://www.nnym.org/pdf/NetMag-Fall2007-3.pdf
I continue to be encouraged with the conversations, strategic thinking and prayerful pursuit of youth ministry becoming more [...]
I was tagged by my good friend Doug Jones nearly a week ago. Sorry I am just now getting to it…
As with most tags, here are the rules:
1. Apologize for three things that Christians have often got wrong. Your apologies should be directed towards those who don’t view themselves as part of the Christian [...]
“We are never satisfied with the present. We are always anticipating the future as if it were coming too slowly, wanting to speed up its pace. Or we remember the past, devising ways to preserve it, since it vanishes too quickly. It is folly to be wandering about, trying to find our [...]
Not surprisingly, I am stoked about another season of Youth Specialites’ Conventions — San Diego, St. Louis and Atlanta. I am also hoping to attend the Canadian YWC in Vancouver, BC co-led by Youth Specialties and Canada Fire. I am not planning on presenting anything in Vancouver but my colleague, Matt Wilks [...]
Last week my MacBook Pro hard drive crapped out — it totally sucked. I lost everything that I had put on the hard drive for about the last 4 weeks. I usually am disciplined about backing up my files but I had been traveling a bit, attending our Merge events and working away [...]
I am privileged to have had the opportunity to share a day in ministry with my friends from Cultivation Ministries and The National Association of Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders this past week. Frank Mercadante, Director of Cultivation Ministries, led the Institute for New Youth Ministry Leaders here in greater Chicago.
Frank and I have [...]