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“Xmas”.. understood and still dislike it

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 - Principles of Youth Ministry

I read after dozens of church leaders. Some our church planters, some pastors, and a whole slew of them are youth pastors. I just wanted to take a moment and rant about my personal dislike for the use of “Xmas” for Christmas. It seems ridiculous to me how many youth pastors feel the need to [...]

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Youth Group Discipline / Blessings of Confession

Friday, December 5th, 2008 - Uncategorized

 
“Youth Group Discipline” what? I know you think I am crazy. No we do not have double jeopardy at our church for teenagers who do wrong. Our church does exercise church discipline. However, last night we had a teenager come in for a 3 minute confession to our teenagers. Last night we had a public [...]

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passionality

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 - Uncategorized

Since “passionality” is not a real word I thought it would be okay to define it how it will best serve me. A few people have given a definition to this word but it is inconsistent. So I will take liberty to define this word.
passionality: the personality of the expression of your passion
I fear that in [...]

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“I wish life was different!”

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 - Uncategorized

During this Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to spend some time with my family in Kentucky. I realized my six year old nephew, John David, is quite the little philosopher. While I was sitting bouncing my five month old son on my knee he walked up to me and said, “everyone needs someone to love”. He then [...]

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