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Ski Retreat

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

As I said in a previous post, I went with the Junior High group up to the Poconos this weekend.  Got up there Friday night, stayed at Pocono Plateau Camp (I highly recommend this place!), and had a full day of skiing/snowboarding on Saturday.  While on this retreat, I learned two things:

I am getting old.  [...]

Religious Leader Dies

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Last night, President and Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Gordon Hinckley died at the age of 97.  He had been the Mormon leader since 1995, and during this time the Mormon church experienced a great deal of growth, especially overseas.  Read more about his death here.
 I found out about his [...]

Book Review: Cod

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Just finished Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World over the weekend (went on a ski trip with the Junior High, will post comments tomorrow).  A fascinating little book (under 300 pages, but very easy pages) about the history of cod and it’s impact on human history.  Below is my review from LibraryThing:
         This small [...]

10 Things to Learn after Graduating

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Chapel went well last Friday.  There was no PowerPoint, so I did it sans photos (very ’90s!)  This was not quite what I talked about, but I wanted to write out 10 things I have learned after Graduation.

 Prepare for failure.  Class time was great for the theory of ministry and how to theoretically deal with [...]

Starting Out in Youth Ministry

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Over at Life in Student Ministry Tim has written a post featuring 10 tips for starting out in Youth Ministry. As it turns out, I will be speaking in PBU’s Youth Ministry chapel this month on a similar topic: “Things I have Learned since PBU”.  An upcoming post will include my 10 tips for newly [...]

Hello world!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Welcome to my blog! On this, I will make posts about youth ministry, theology, culture, and just random stories from my life.  I don’t really care if anyone reads this, it is more for my personal use to help me verbalize and consolidate my thoughts.