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 [...]
Archive for October, 2007
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]