From the monthly archives:

February 2009

My first Youtube Video

by Mark on February 27, 2009

don’t fall asleep to quickly.

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Pure Awesomeness

February 27, 2009
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February 26, 2009

incredible illustrations by a British illustrator named Simon Smith and put them to an Explosions In The Sky song.

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A drug to be a better christian

February 25, 2009

If there was a drug that you could take that made you better at what you do, would you take it? A drug you could get a prescription for at the doctor. It’s not illegal. It would make you a better preacher. It would allow you to have more confidence in presenting the gospel. It [...]

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Quoting Friends

February 25, 2009

My friend Mike Schlittler, a pastor who I worked with at a large UM church in town said this during a staff meeting and it stuck with me. This is my memory of his quote. “John Wesley said the world is my parish, but we have made the parish our world.” Very wise words I [...]

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Patti on Age of youth pastors

February 24, 2009

Patti of YMX fame is talking about one of the chapters of my books. I want to get my youth ministry and church leadership audience to chime in on something, if you will. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been reading Mark Riddle’s new book Inside the Mind of Youth Pastors: A Church Leader’s [...]

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U2- Breathe

February 24, 2009

“Breathe” 16th of June, nine-oh-five, door bell ringsMan at the door says if I want to stay alive a bit longerThere’s a few things I need you to knowThree Coming from a long line ofTraveling sales people on my mother’s sideI wasn’t gonna buy just anyone’s cockatooSo why would I invite a complete stranger into [...]

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My response to Craig Groeschel

February 23, 2009

Craig Groeshel has a post about being authentic and real when speaking in a church. He encourages pastors to “bring you” to the table. Here’s his post. It seems incredibly ironic that a pastor who has built his church on video venues would talk about the importance of bringing all of himself to the message. [...]

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Our Future too?

February 20, 2009

(thanks to Andrew)

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Video Venues and the Death of Preaching

February 20, 2009

Bob Hyatt has a great series going.Here’s the link. It’s a pretty bold statement to say that video venues will eventually mean the death of preaching… but I think I can make the case. In his new book, Flickering Pixels (which I encourage you to check out!), Shane Hipps makes this point: “Every medium, when [...]

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