The last few weeks I’ve been asked repeatedly if I am going to start blogging again and my answer has been, “I hope so.” A few weeks back YS ranked my blog in the top 10 youth ministry blogs which has driven crazy traffic to my site. Again, thanks YS. I’m sure new onlookers have [...]
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Youth Ministry: If I were to do it again…
Posted: 29th May 2009 by Chris in Confessions, Leadership, Youth MinistryI was a youth pastor for 13 years. Today, I am active in youth ministry as a volunteer at The Church of the Resurrection near my home in Kansas City but most of my contribution to youth ministry these days is through training, writing, speaking and consulting.
Recently, I was sharing some thoughts regarding the future [...]
confession: to be honest, i am a bit pizzled
Posted: 4th January 2008 by Chris in Books, ConfessionsFor a few months now someone has been emailing me a link to this review of my book: http://youthesource.com/Index.asp?PageID=7082&Function=View&ArticleID=1305 — Almost every week I get an email — sometimes a couple of times a week. It is wicked annoying.
I am not sure who is sending it or why they feel like it is important that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My friend Doug Jones over at Perigrinatio has got me thinking about how I evaluate myself and the efforts of others. In my soul searching I have discovered that I am way too opinionated about things that are really nothing more than preferences or another, different way. I have always been an evaluator. [...]