From the monthly archives:

July 2007

I’m still in Michigan and enjoying the cool weather and frequent lake visits. The beaches up here are soooo great. (By the way… the person house sitting has a concealed weapon permit)

We come home tomorrow just in time for the Emergent Village Cohort in Tulsa.
If you are in the area on Thursday feel free to stop by.

Carlton Pearson will be telling us his story and it will be followed by a discussion.

If you want a bit of background on Carlton you can go here for his story on NPR, here for his story on Dateline or here for his story on CNN.

Agora church
Thursday:
Show up at !0:00am we’ll start at 10:30am.
We’ll end at noon and then break for lunch.
We’ll be going to the amazing Joe Momma’s Pizza.

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Senior Pastors and Youth Ministry

July 25, 2007

Don Johnson (of No Cal) talks about hosting a youth missions team at his church. I love this kind of thinking from Senior Pastors. Link

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Bill Mallonee

July 20, 2007

Bill Mallonee is in OKC on Monday night. I arrive back from Memphis around 5. The show starts at 8pm. It takes 2 hours to drive…hmmmm….

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Traveling

July 20, 2007

I’m looking at my schedule between now and august 9th I’m in Tulsa 3 days. A majority of that will be with my wonderful friends in Michigan!

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Tammy Faye on Larry King

July 20, 2007

Last night I got home late and watch some tv with Pam. Flipping through the channels we landed on Larry King talking to Tammy Faye.She is in bad shape as this video shows. She didn’t say it, but she was coming on to say goodbye. good bye to Larry and goodbye to the people who [...]

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NBA ref under investigation

July 20, 2007

Ok, so the NBA has taken a lot of heat over the past 3 years about it’s refereeing. Lots of talk about conspiracy and refs taking money. Turns out it might be true. At least a little. Link

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Praying for you

July 20, 2007

How can I pray for you? Is there anything going on in your life that you’d like prayer about? I’d love to pray for you over the next few days. If you’d prefer to email me go ahead mark@theriddlegroup.com or simply leave a comment. Thanks for the opportunity.

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Advice to Church Consultants

July 20, 2007

I’m getting a lot of folks calling me these days talking about wanting to be youth ministry consultants. I suppose there has always been a steady stream of folks who have emailed or called me over the past two years asking me if I was hiring youth ministry consultants. Often after talking to these folks [...]

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Rick’s Observations on Changes in Middle Schoolers

July 19, 2007

Rick’s has listed a few things that have changed in the 8 years since he’s been on a youth ministry trip. His Observations:1. Christian T-shirts, while still “Christian t-shirts” are less offensive and some are borderline cool.2. Text messaging3. Parents wanting kids in constant contact4. Energy Drinks5. Trading myspace accounts instead of addresses and phone [...]

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This made me laugh

July 19, 2007

If you live in Dorset, this is how you upset the local “pagans”. Link (thanks to Dave Barry)

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