Ministry and Meteorology?

A New Blog to Read!

I stumbled upon this blog, after I friended this person on Facebook. I was puzzled at first, thinking don't I know this person? The writing style seems oddly familiar. Oh yeah, it's my dad. He actually started a couple of new blogs recently. This one is his recollection of stories ...

Fair Use What Does It Entail?

Earlier tonight, my wife began posting some videos of our daughter in a school play. In fact, I wanted to create a post of the play list to show here as well. However, someone from the school saw them and asked her if she would take them down so the ...

Overcoming the Youth Ministry Gap

Adam McLane over at Youth Specialities posed a question about a "youth ministry gap." That is a gap between the youth ministry that is run by a paid staffer vs. the volunteer, and the differences between the two. He asks a good question about how do we bridge the gap. I ...

As a Christian, I Dread This Time of Year

Okay, maybe dread is a little strong, but the way we celebrate Christmas in the U. S. to me is just wrong. What I mean is this, the church fights about the wrong stuff with this "War on Christmas," stuff, instead of the problem that is more insidious. Consumerism. Henry Neufeld, ...

West Michigan becoming Western Pennsylvania?!

I caught this article in the GR Press the other day. It looks like the Manchester Bidwell Corporation (a non-profit) will be entering into a triangular partnership with GRCC and the GRPS. They have formed the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology, which as the website says: Expose people to ...

Darker Side of Sin City

Nightline - Darker Side of Sin City This was pointed out to me by the XXXChurch people. There is a whole other world under Las Vegas. Wow.

Tired of the Hot Air

Recently, I have been reading things about the politics of the country, and I have to say that it has been going in a depressing direction. I'm not talking about politically, but the fact that there is little civility in the process. As a kid, there was Watergate and then ...

Social Media and Spirituality

The Theology Of Twitter View more presentations from Steve Knight. Online Slide shows are a little hard to follow sometimes, since you don't get the presentor with the presentation. However, I was able to get the gist of the this. Pretty decent.

Pregraduation prep in the fall

I watched one of the the Youth Specialities podcasts and they mentioned that we should start working with our graduating seniors now so that when they graduate next year they can transition into a college world easier. Interesting thoughts on how to do it.

The Right’s War on Science…Not!

John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) posts articles on his blog about environmentalism's extremes and provides a bit of commentary as well. The first article in the post that I have marked was interesting because I keep hearing about this war on science, but when it comes down to it, there isn't. "For ...