Credo is Latin and means I believe. It is a personal statement of belief whereas a manifesto is not usually just one person’s ideas or beliefs. I am therefore simply stating what I believe. Some of what I am writing at this point is very open to being shaped and molded in the future. Other…
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I think we’re beginning to see a time of darkness when, amid a plethora of high tech connectivity, one-quarter of Americans say they have no close confidante, more than double the number twenty years ago. It’s a darkening time when we think togetherness means keeping one eye, hand, or ear on our gadgets, ever ready…
We can tap into 50 million Web sites, 1.8 million books in print, 75 million blogs, and other snowstorms of information, but we increasingly seek knowledge in Google searches and Yahoo! headlings that we gulp on the run while juggling other tasks. We can contact millions of people across the globe, yet we increasingly connect…
When you entertain a young person, they only want more. One video game, TV show, movie, or iPod is never enough. It’s always about the next one, the latest and greatest, what’s hot and what’s new. The same happens in youth group. Make them laugh this week and they will ask for more next week.…
I am finding that I have very different perspectives on the world of adolescents than I did when I was a full time parish based youth minister. I have always benefitted from the viewpoint of the teacher and coach that I am married to – even though I find school a totally different animal than…
I am really excited that The Good Book Company is now operating in the USA!!! Check out the goods! I encourage you specifically to look at their Daily Devotionals. Explore and Engage are excellent (for adults and teens respectively) in that they get people digging into scripture rather than just reading some devotional thought that…
I got to know Tic Long years ago at a youth ministry summit for folks working in mega churches. He was at the time the president of Youth Specialities and later became their president of events. Tic facilitated the conversations we had at those summits and we got to know each other. He always took…