Grendel who is a regular commenter here and a good mate of mine from Brighton sent me this article today entitled The Challenge of Building Community.
It is a more sociological approach to the dynamics of different sized groups and how humans function, but its got some great stuff to say. Here are a [...]
Just watch this and imagine yourself pulling in… if you dare
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But this is very funny…
Door to Door Spam
And just for fun Scott has uploaded the .acom promo video to his site.
Its a lot of fun and yes it stars Mr No Gaurantees himself as Pastor Buck puppeteer and script writer extraordinaire.
Ryan Bolger who blogs here and has co-authored Emerging Churches with Eddie Gibbs has particpated in an interview that tries to articulate the landscape for youth ministry in experimental churches. (You may have noticed that lately I have been using ‘experimental churches’ in place of the now overused and muddled term ‘emerging church’)
You can read [...]
The last couple of times I have been to a normal church they have had communion. I grew up in the era when kids weren’t allowed to take it because” well” I’m not sure entirely why, but I think it was something to do with the fact that it was ‘important’ and we were just [...]
Is it the job of a leader to motivate people?…
That’s a question I am chewing on at the moment and would be interested in your reflections.
If you’d asked me 5 years ago I would have said ‘absolutely’ – that it’s a primary task of leadership to be a driving force and to motivate people [...]
I am thinking of starting a blog dedicated to my other love – surfing… It seems there aren’t too many out there, but most of the more obvious domain names have been taken.
So just for fun I have been pondering possible domain names…
Here are some of my options. Let me know what you would choose!
drilledagain.com
ratherbesurfing.com
ratherbesurfin.com
thicklipsdeeppits.com
bignurries.com
thesurfnazi.com
latetakeoff.com
swell-lines.com
greenroomblog.com
6ftoffshorenooneout.com
surfarizone.com
If [...]
Phil Bryant from our denomination sent thru an article from yesterday’s Yorkshire Post that questions whether young people are even concerned about the spiritual. Here is the whole article (couldn’t find it online) with some relevant parts highlighted.
What do you reckon?
Is this a fair take on Gen Ys?
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I was chatting with fellow misho Scott this morning about the ‘drop in’.
You know – where rather than calling a friend and asking if you can come by, or waiting for an invite, you just drop in at their home… and hang out. Have coffee – chat – watch the footy etc.
I listened to [...]