Archive for October, 2007

(PDE) Public Display of Emotion

Posted: 30th October 2007 by Chris in Books, Confessions

I was at a coffee shop today waiting for my friend Frank to join me for a long overdue conversation. I was a bit early so I opened Scot McKnight’s latest book (I think it is his latest — it is hard to keep up with him) called, “A Community Called Atonement” and began where [...]

Reflections on the NYWC…

Posted: 25th October 2007 by Chris in Events, Youth Ministry

As always, I had a blast at the NYWC in San Diego. It was great to be with friends and to interact with youth workers from all over North America. A couple of really cool experiences…
> I felt like my seminars went well. I have a few revisions to make to the [...]

Review of aNKoYM…

Posted: 24th October 2007 by Chris in Books, Youth Ministry

There is a brief review of my book, “A New Kind of Youth Ministry” over at Youth Ministry Exchange (by Matt Cleaver). I think Matt is right — I could have taken more intentional steps to help people through the “reculturing” process. I only designated one chapter to the potential path one might [...]

Headed home from the NYWC

Posted: 22nd October 2007 by Chris in Church, Prayers

I made my way through the smoky air this morning from the hotel to the airport. It isn’t the kind of smoke that you can’t breathe in and see through (yet) where the NYWC is taking place. However, the smell of fires and the thought of the tens of thousands of people who [...]

San Diego YS Convention…

Posted: 17th October 2007 by Chris in Events, Youth Ministry

This weekend I am in San Diego for the NYWC. I am really looking forward to being there as it is always a great time to hook up with friends, interact with people; making new friends. It is also a privilege to have the opportunity to speak into the development of youth workers [...]

Link to Marko’s Blog…

Posted: 12th October 2007 by Chris in Youth Ministry

Marko has a really interesting post (from a few days ago) called “How would you characterize the future of youth ministry?” with a slew of interesting comments regarding the preferred future of youth ministry.
It might be worth a) thinking about where you land on his questions and b) reading through the comments to get a [...]