Stuff Christians Like

There is a great blog call Stuff Christians Like.You will want to make this part of your daily routine.Here are a few great ones:
#154 Breaking Up After the Retreat
Next to unpacking, dumping your boyfriend or girlfriend is our favorite thing to do after a church retreat. We can’t help it. The retreat speaker always tells [...]

Interpreting the Bible

Tony Jones is one of the headliners in the emergent movement and this book is his take on why we need to rethink traditional Christianity. This is not a critique of the book but just some thoughts about one section.
Over the last two years I have become increasingly interested in how we interpret [...]

Graduation Songs 2008

Here is a list of songs that we have played at for our Graduation Videos. Love to see you comment on ones you have used.

Anyway (Martina McBride)
Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson)
Dare You to Move (Switchfoot)
Dream Big (Ryan Shupe)
Extraordinary (Mandy Moore)
Good Riddance (Green Day)
Graduation [...]

Religion Influences Self Esteem

And who is the most important influence when it comes to how teens feel about themselves? Not mom or dad, not even their friends….it’s their boyfriend or girlfriend (if they have one). Interestingly, religion comes second:
- Your girlfriend/boyfriend (84%)
- Your religion (82%)
- Your friends (79%)
- Your parents (74%)
- Your teacher(s) (72%)
- TV shows you [...]

The Art of Handling Complaints

I came across this training video to help you know how to handle complaints. I would love to see comments about how this can apply to student ministry in dealing with student, parent, and leadership complaints.

Hey Baby Let’s Go to Vegas

I have been waiting for the movie 21 to come out at theaters ever since I heard they were making a movie about the MIT Blackjack team. The movie is good but only took a handful of truths (the students were from MIT and there is an art of math to winning) and Hollywood took [...]

Musical at the Mall

I would have loved to have been in the mall where this happened.

Changing the World

I am currently reading The New Christians (Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier). On page 17, Tony Jones writes, “The church that doesn’t challenge its members to face the core ethical issues that confront them every day at work is the church that has abdicated its responsibility.”

This statement has been playing a [...]

Desperate

This is a great video by the Skit Guys. It is a spoof of E-Harmony.

Leadership

In 1 Samuel 8:5 the nation of Israel comes to Samuel and ask for a king to rule them so they can be like all the other nations. In the past when I have read this I have always seen this as a passage that warns of the dangers of wanting to be accepted and [...]