Blog
Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.
Diploma in Youth Ministry – Round 2
Today we started a new group in our Youth Ministry diploma program at the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary. There are 7 new students in the program, bringing our total to 13. Huberto is teaching them “Principles of Youth Ministry,” which is our basic philosophy class.
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New Look to the E-Newsletter
We finally switched to the email management system called Mail Chimp to send out our email newsletters. It was getting too difficult to manage the subscriptions to it, and using Mail Chimp makes it easier for you to sign up, change your email address, or even unsubscribe from our list (not sure why anyone would want to do that).
Tomorrow is the first issue that will go out using the new format (sign up here or below). We hope it helps you pray for our family as we live in Mexico City and work in Latin America.
read more10 Books for Youth Workers
Last week, Amazon released the Kindle App for the iPhone
Since I can’t go to the bookstore and pick up the latest books, having the ability to buy ebooks from Amazon is very appealing to me.
read moreBen’s Doctor, Hope, and President Obama
Yesterday, we took Benjamin to the doctor for his usual checkup. While we were there, the conversation turned to interesting things such as President Obama, the economy, God, and hope.
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Big Picture and Small Picture
Last week in our Youth Ministry class we talked mostly about how to create lesson plans. We talked about putting in details like goals, indicators, transition statements, and other things.
Today, in the continuation of that topic, we started talking about the big picture of how to create a teaching plan for youth ministry. It’s not enough to know the details…we have to know where we are going with each of those lessons.
Woah! One Year Ago…
Every March, the weather gets nice enough to play in the sprinkler in our little bitty yard. Nathan loves it. So, in 2007, I took a picture of him playing. Then I took another one last year. I compared the two here. Remember that?
read morePart of a Global Movement
We recently published some information at the YMI Blog about what God has done through Youth Ministry International in the last few years.
read moreSmall but Powerful
The chile piquin is a small but powerful type of chile pepper. I tried one the other day because my students had told me that they would make an excellent illustration for my sermon on the tongue. They were right. I had to spit it out because I didn’t want it to burn my esophagus.
read moreFridays of Lent
Today I saw this sign at the seafood section of Walmart, which reminds us all that it is Friday in Lent, a day for Catholics to abstain from meat.
Abstinence from all meat is to be observed by all Roman Catholics 14 years old and older on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays of Lent.
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