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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Spirituality’ Category
Some of you know that Sonlife and YouthFront have been working collaboratively on some new projects (content, events, youth worker training, etc.) Anyway, I have been spending a lot of time in the YouthFront offices lately. One of the things I enjoy most about working amidst the YouthFront community is the daily rhythm [...]
I had the privilege to participate with the NNYM in a round-table discussion with Keith Anderson, Bo Boshers, Chris Brooks, Kenda Creasy Dean, Kara Powell and Dave Rahn on transformational youth ministry.
You can download the article here: http://www.nnym.org/pdf/NetMag-Fall2007-3.pdf
I continue to be encouraged with the conversations, strategic thinking and prayerful pursuit of youth ministry becoming more [...]
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 [...]
“We are never satisfied with the present. We are always anticipating the future as if it were coming too slowly, wanting to speed up its pace. Or we remember the past, devising ways to preserve it, since it vanishes too quickly. It is folly to be wandering about, trying to find our [...]
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. [...]
I had a conference call this morning with the senior leadership team and youth pastor (not on the senior lead. team) of a new but rapidly growing church here in the greater Chicago area. Very nice people. Great hearts and an obvious passion to see people live, love and lead in the way [...]
Whatever comes to your heart and mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.
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Pope Benedict XVI @ St. Francis’ Conversion Celebration
Posted: 19th June 2007 by Chris in Spirituality, Youth MinistryI read a very interesting article that puts forth a “catechises” that Pope Benedict XVI gave to more than 25,000 youth that gathered in the square of Santa Maria degli Angeli (St. Mary of the Angels), a basilica at the foot of the hill of Assisi, Italy. It is here that as a young [...]
Via Crucis-The Way (or Stations) of the Cross
Posted: 4th June 2007 by Chris in Prayers, Spirituality, Trips, Youth MinistryI wandered through a very artistic expression of the Stations of the Cross on a mountainside in Radium, British Columbia, Canada a few days ago. The bronze depictions of Jesus’ journey to death and his glorious resurrection were a great reminder of his love and sacrifice for me — for us.
The Stations of the [...]