Blog
Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.
Generation YouTube
A while ago, I published an ebook about how to use online video for ministry, especially youth ministry. I never really announced it much, but I wanted to post it here on the site so it could be useful for others.
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On Being a Dad
Three years ago tomorrow, Nathan arrived, and things haven’t been the same since. I’ve learned a lot about life, priorities, ministry, and God.
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25 Great Youth Ministry Blogs
Besides writing here and at my own youth ministry site (youthministrytv.com), I read a lot of blogs. Many of them have to do with youth ministry. Since I don’t have a blogroll on this site, I thought I’d post links to the 25 youth ministry blogs I have in my feed reader that I read.
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Better than Paypal?
There’s a new way to transfer money online called the Revolution Money Exchange. They are paying you to sign up for the service. So, for a few minutes of your time, you could earn $25. It’s really easy, and it’s legit. If you do it through the button below, I get an extra $10, too.
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The Greatest Need
At the end of my class today, I asked my seminary students what they thought the greatest need was in the lives of Mexican young people. The only rule was that they couldn’t say the typical answer of “Jesus.” After thinking about it a little, they gave me great answers, all of which centered around the same theme.
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Why Global Youth Ministry is important
I was in a church in Cuba where the average person makes less than $20 a month, and the sign on the wall says “A church blessed to be a blessing.”
The profession of youth ministry has been blessed to be a blessing. Many of us who are in youth ministry have received numerous opportunities. Some of us have been educated in youth ministry. We have experience in ministering to young people. We have learned a lot and been offered a lot. Now it’s our turn to be a blessing to others around the world.
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We had a yard sale yesterday at the home of one of the other missionaries. She has a Nintendo Wii, and in order to keep Nathan occupied, we had to let him play it. He’s good at boxing.
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Videoblogging Week 2008
Just so you know, tomorrow starts Videoblogging Week for this year. Over on Mexico Movies, our videoblog, we’ll be posting one video every day for the week.
I might, if I can find the time, post a video a day over on my youth ministry site, too.
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Mexican Sub-Cultures
On March 7, hundreds of teens rushed the emos in the plaza, beating three of them. Television footage showed an emo pinned against a wall while the mob chanted, “He wants to cry! He wants to cry!” Police arrested 28 people.
A week later, riot police were called after punk rockers hurled bottles at a pro-emo protest at the Insurgentes Traffic Circle, an emo hangout in Mexico City.
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