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(Re)Imagining Youth Ministry
This weekend I drove up to Baltimore for a Young Life staff training day. As a former YL staffer in Portugal, this was a rare treat, ’cause I was invited to teach on contextualizing ministry to a particular youth culture. Humbled and excited, I was also totally knackered/shattered. I arrived completely bleary-eyed on caffeine, having […]
March 21, 2007
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What I’ve Been Working On
If you would like to know what I’ve been working on, here is one thing. I recently finished a project for my class on Ministering to Street Children, and I got the wild idea to submit it as a blog-article, rather than just a boring paper (with an extra-large title…) “Listening to the Marginalized Voices […]
March 21, 2007
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The Church: Irreverent Towards Women?
I just completed a Culture Watchin’ assignment with my friend, Ellen, in my Fuller MAGL cohort. I figured it was spicy enough to share a splice of it with you. Our assignment was to “partner up” with someone in our cohort, and follow the news , tracing a theme in culture, and analyzing it according […]
March 15, 2007
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God For People Who Hate Church
My friend, Phil Wyman, is putting on a provacative conference called “God For People Who Hate Church.” Phil is that wild pastor man up in Salem, Mass, who is being Jesus to his neo-pagan and witch friends, finding innovative ways to seek forgiveness for how the Church has mistreated those friends. The gathering will feature […]
March 15, 2007
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Synchronize Your Consciousness
Wednesday, the Synchro-blogger team will be writing on the (mysterious) topic of “Alternate Forms of Consciousness as it Relates to Christianity.” As I am knee deep in writing for my last week of the winter quarter, I can’t participate this month. Had I the time, I probably would write about my supernatural experiences of the […]
March 14, 2007
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Oh Snap, Son
In truth, I have massive blog envy over Andrew Jones’ infamous Tall Skinny Kiwi Blog. He was blogging about important and quirky things in the Kingdom long before blogging became a verb. And he makes me laugh aloud with his occasional photoshopping antics. As a rogue wanderer on his site, I found this cool app […]
March 12, 2007
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My Visual DNA
Here’s an interesting 21st century personality test. It’s all done according to the images that appeal to you. The written analysis was quite on target with me, in a bizarre sort of way. I’m still not sure how I feel about being called an “Escape Artist” (to supplement being a “Rogue Wanderer,” I might add…). […]
March 12, 2007
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Needing Car Wisdom
I am in a strange, adventurous season of preparing to return to Southern Europe. Strange because I do not have a definite return time, yet. Adventurous because it feels the world is at my feet! But, strange because I really have to begin thinking about things such as buying or leasing a car, not knowing […]
March 11, 2007
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My Million Dollar Challenge
So my Dad signed me up to play in the CNBC “Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge.” CNBC gives you $1,000,000 in fake money, you spend it on stocks, and then each week they award someone $10k in real cash for having the hottest portfolio. The top dawg wins the real million. My entry in this game […]
March 10, 2007
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Most Vivid Dreams – Part 3
Last night I had another incredibly vivid dream. I’m sure part of it was born out of one of my classes at Fuller: Ministering to Street Children. I was in Italy, sitting on the second floor of an apartment that faced the street. It was a gloomy, rainy day, and I was looking out the […]
March 7, 2007
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All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
After a long day at Ski Roundtop, the whole mess of us came home happy and injury-free. (Thank you for praying, if that was you.) What I Learned While Tumbling Down the Icy P.A. Mountain 1. Snowboarding is not at all like skateboarding. 2. I’m far better at snowboarding in my imagination than on the […]
March 5, 2007
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To Play Like a Child Again – Part 2
Tomorrow morning I’ll board a bus with about 30 folks from our church youth group to go skiing, snowboarding, and snow-tubing in Pennsylvania. I’m going to play in the snow like a child again! I need it. And our group needs it. Communities that play together stay together. I’ve always wanted to snowboard, and in […]
March 3, 2007
