Monthly Archives: April 2008
Dancing Jesus: Why The Church Has Failed The Youth — Part II
(Read Part I here) Part II Mature Leadership Within the Church Family It’s scary to think of the corporations that we rely on in our daily lives as money hungry monsters and it’s even scarier when we can relate them … Continue reading
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Dancing Jesus: Why the Church Has Failed the Youth — Part I
Part I “I want someone I can tell my problems to.” When I heard this from a sophomore male during a group prayer at a recent youth event I was shocked for a number of reasons. One, I could relate. … Continue reading
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Dancing Jesus
I linked my way through to an interesting blog called Once a Youth Pastor… and I found that I shared many of the same sentiments towards youth ministry. I’ve been a youth minister for about a year and a half and … Continue reading
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Interview with Matt Rogers, Author of When Answers Aren’t Enough and Losing God
Matt Rogers is the author of When Answers Aren’t Enough (released this April by Zondervan) which is a raw meditative account of healing and searching for God after the Virginia Tech tragedy in 2006, when 33 students died. (Read my review … Continue reading
Mud Biscuits and the World Food Crisis
Mud biscuits in Haiti are going for five cents a piece and the price is rising. For many Haitians, that’s all they have to eat. I just finished eating a low-fat Hot Pocket, two White Castle hamburgers, and now I’m … Continue reading
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Even The Stoans Cry Out
The following passage is from the post-apocalyptic book Riddley Walker. After worldwide nuclear war society has returned to the primitive life of the middle ages. Language, technology, and people are changed in every way except for their thirst for power, specifically for the … Continue reading
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
The hero of Remainder has recovered from an accident he doesn’t fully remember and from which he’s received a settlement making him a millionaire. He wavers in how to spend his money until a vision of sorts comes to him and he … Continue reading
The Olympics in Beijing and China’s Problems
The Olympics are about 100 days away. Because of China’s politics they have a lot of haters. Tibet and Darfur and restrictions of free speech and the environment are just a few examples of worldwide issues. If you were an Olympic … Continue reading
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Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
Doreen Cronin’s Diary of a Worm is one of the funniest children’s books I’ve ever read. I’m not well read in the children’s book genre, but I picked this one up and was cracking up all the way through it. The … Continue reading
Harry, Revised by Mark Sarvas
Mark Sarvas is known for his popular literary blog The Elegant Variation. His debut novel Harry, Revised is also another achievement. The main character Harry is a broken man with a strained marriage. His wife’s upper class parents and her … Continue reading
