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Between a Rock and a Hard Place in Today's Church

Elizabeth Drescher PhD wrote 2 weeks ago: (Originally posted July 2, 2012) Recently, Keith Anderson, my friend and co-author on Click 2 Save: … more →

Tags: Church now, Young Adults, Keith Anderson, Click2Save, Melinda Lundquist Denton, Christian Smith, church, nones, Christianity

Castle 5.11

Jason C. Stanley wrote 1 month ago: abc.com Remember the emotionally charged cases that shaped the first season or two of Caste? Under t … more →

Tags: Youth Ministry, Television, ministry 2, Film (2), youth ministry, television, Jesus, Christian Community, Mentor

Exciting Conference In Nashville!

stephenlingram wrote 6 months ago:   I am very excited to be speaking at a very innovative and important conference in Nashville a … more →

Tags: Programatic, Volunteers, Students, Parents, technology, Ministry, Self Care, Prophetic, Small Groups

Life After "Cool Church?" A New Vision for Youth Ministry, Part 2.9 comments

mattarino wrote 7 months ago: If you have been following this conversation feel free to scroll down and begin reading at “Wh … more →

Tags: youth ministry, Relevant church, Ancient-Future, Teaching, Youth group meetings, Youth Group, Almost Christian, formation, Discipleship

Spiritual Formation With Johnny Cash and Willy Nelson2 comments

pastormack wrote 7 months ago: I used the above song as the entryway into today’s sermon, which primarily drew on Deuteronomy … more →

Tags: Bible, Methodists, Johnny Cash, LDS, Youth, willy nelson, Scripture, Family, Almost Christian

Hollow Faith: How Andy Griffith, Facebook and the American Dream Neutered the Gospel

stephenlingram wrote 8 months ago: My new book, Hollow Faith, is available for order now and I am so excited about all of the great buz … more →

Tags: Programatic, Family, Volunteers, Students, Parents, Fall, Ministry, Small Groups, Training

Life in the City of Churches

Megan J. Saucier wrote 8 months ago: As most of you know, I live in the City of Churches now: Lynchburg, Virginia. The circumstances of m … more →

Tags: ministry 2, Life, Churches, postaday, Lynchburg, jerusalem cross, Almost Christian, Heritage United Methodist, Centenary College

My Summer Reading List 2012 (REVISED)

Chris Tiedeman wrote 11 months ago: I know I should have waited until after Annual Conference to finalize my summer reading list.  I pic … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Religion, church, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, Steve Kluger, Jeffrey Toobin

Creating a Family Culture

RyanDunn wrote 11 months ago: I’ve been getting torched by Kenda Creasy Dean’s Almost Christian. Really. It deals topi … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Ministry Advice, Family Ministry, Almost Christian, Church & Culture

Kenda Creasy Dean responds

John Meunier wrote 1 year ago: Thank you to Kenda Creasy Dean for her response to my post Advanced MTD. I am grateful as well for h … more →

Tags: church, Christian Life, Pastoring, moralistic therapeutic deism

Saturday Remainders

Joshua R. Ziefle wrote 1 year ago: A few thought-provoking pieces from around the web: 1.  From Forbes via Kenda Creasy Dean, the sad r … more →

Tags: Mitt Romney, Mark Driscoll, Youth Ministry, Republican Primaries, Church discipline

Youth in Service #6: Make it Relational

Jason C. Stanley wrote 1 year ago: Here’s my final tip: Make it Relational. I attended a mission training a few years ago and the … more →

Tags: Youth Ministry, mission, youth ministry, Missions, postaday, Youth Service, relational

My favorite authors

garethbrandt wrote 1 year ago: I am not a natural blogger like some people who hear or read something and immediately make a post. … more →

Tags: John Howard Yoder, james fowler, Richard Foster, eugene peterson, Brian McLaren, peter rollins, Brian Walsh, Henri Nouwen

2012 Theological Think Tank

stephenlingram wrote 1 year ago:   This past week I had the honor of being one of 15 participants in a theological Think Tank fu … more →

Tags: Students, Parents, Programatic, Ministry, Social Justice, GLBT, spirituality, mainline, Story

Connecting with Your Audience

Necole wrote 1 year ago: How does one get teens to connect with religion?  How does one get teens to connect with faith?  Are … more →

Tags: Church in the Digital Age Class, Religion, Almost Christian, Christianity, Teens, technology, spirituality, Faith

9 Keys to engaging youth in church6 comments

Drew Downs wrote 1 year ago: When I started this series of posts on engaging different age groups in church (so far children and … more →

Tags: Youth, Practice, Christianity, church, Christian, formation, Youth Ministry, Almost Christian

LOVING CHILDREN AND TEENS

stanwiedeman wrote 1 year ago: Almost Christian by Kenda Creasy Dean I have previously referred to the work done by sociologist, Ch … more →

Tags: Teens, spiritual formation, community, Community, Teens 2, Almost Christian, authoritative community

Classy

Jennwith2ns wrote 1 year ago: On Thursday morning, I had an interview with the head of admissions at Princeton. I had forgotten th … more →

Tags: Bible, ethics, snakes, Princeton Theological Seminary, james h. charlesworth, Leland Ryken

"Almost Christian" and the Need For Stronger Churches 2 comments

Mike Pohlman wrote 1 year ago: Began reading this morning Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American … more →

Tags: church, Ministry, Books, Youth Ministry


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