Thursday night I was in Kansas City speaking at a church for my new friend Casey Kapple. Casey is the youth minister at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Overland Park, KS. Before his current position at Emmanuel, Casey was on staff at Youthfront for almost 4 years. It was great to get some [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Are you familiar with Barefoot Publishing?
Posted: 19th March 2008 by Chris in Books, Theology, Youth MinistryWe have (Youthfront/Sonlife) been doing some work with Barefoot Publishing. Barefoot is what I (a non-expert in the pub world!) would call an emerging publisher. They have been around for a while but I think some of their most recent products have really helped them emerge from being viewed as an average publisher [...]
A Prayer of Walter Rauschenbusch
Posted: 13th March 2008 by Chris in Prayers, Spirituality, TheologyWalter Rauschenbusch was a theologian and baptist minister. His theology, specifically around the subjects of biblical literalism and atonement, have always concerned some folks and have been held in question by many. Whose theology isn’t in in question by someone somewhere?
Never-the-less, Rauschenbusch is most remembered for his outspokenness against a word-based sharing of [...]
I have always wanted to learn another language. I have played around with French and Spanish, never sticking to either one of them, so I know enough to sound stupid. I also learned a few cuss words in German from my old man too. Now (starting tomorrow night), however, I am beginning [...]
On Saturday we hosted about 230 youth workers and students at Youthfront in cooperation with Youth Specialties for their CORE Training. It was great to connect with so many like-minded people!
Dave Ambrose was the presenter. Dave did a very good job. His flight was delayed a couple of hours so we began [...]
Dan Webster is a friend, mentor and coach to me and countless others. There have been numerous occasions where I have found myself picking up the phone to get a word of advice from Dan. Dan’s words aren’t always what I want to hear, but they are always honest and what I have needed [...]