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 [...]
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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 try to begin each day by reading from the Scriptures or from another source that I know will direct me to reflect and meditate throughout the day. I try to keep the reading to a verse or a paragraph simply because I find it a bit more productive. Otherwise, I am all [...]
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 [...]
I just finished reading the book, Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement. Tic Long introduced me to the book a week or so ago. I hadn’t even heard about it until he mentioned it.
The author, Lauren Sandler, is a brilliant author. Sandler is the Life Editor for Salon and she has [...]
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 [...]