Happy Digital Nativity!
Since YouTube is more impressive than Christmas cards this season, let me say “Merry Christmas” this way (thanks, PM, for sending!): Happy Digital Nativity! I’m taking a class of seminarians–amazing...
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WANT A REALITY CHECK? HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND ALMOST CHRISTIAN
I’m grateful for the many ways people are diving into Almost Christian--but above all, I have been blessed by the high school seniors who are weighing in. You don’t get more honest critics than that....
View ArticleYouth Ministry Brain Yoga
So here’s the most provocative question I’ve heard so far this year…compliments of Youthworker Movement (http://ywmovement.org) via Lars Rood. (As you can see, I’m the last one to hear these things)....
View ArticleDid Louis Kill Jesus?
(Thanks to Christy Lang for showing me this!) If you’re not a Hulu user, go register online (it’s free) and then watch this episode of FX’s “Louie.” The show is a mash-up of Louie C.K.’s stand up...
View ArticleHighlighter Frenzy
Just learned that Amazon has found another way to slice and dice books: this time by “Most Highlighted Books of All Time” (based on Kindle activity). *Almost Christian* is #643, slightly ahead of the...
View ArticleComing Unhinged
My friend Dwayne has me thinking about remorse. In the last post (“Did Louis Kill Jesus?”), when I talked about making room for remorse, it wasn’t the bitter kind I had in mind. Mark Radecke...
View ArticleThe Liminal Hug: On Anna Quindlen, Motherhood, and the Sacred In-Between
There are people who “get it,” and then there is Anna Quindlen (http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/the-best-part-of-parenting/?sudsredirect=true). This isn’t the first time Quindlen has...
View ArticleWhat Are the Top 10 Characteristics of a Healthy Youth Ministry?
My friend Mike asked me (along with the other youth ministers he knows): “What are the top ten characteristics of a healthy youth ministry?” There are a million lists like that floating around, but...
View Article“ADVANCED MTD”: An Appreciative Response to John Meunier
John Meunier thinks outloud—and it’s really helpful. He wonders what the best course of action is to shake congregations out of their life-sucking MTD stupor: slow and steady teaching and...
View ArticleYes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
I still remember when I popped the question about Santa to my mom in the kitchen, circa 1967. Ever the schoolteacher, she didn’t look up from drying the dishes and asked me a question back: “Well, what...
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