I recently made the transition from Evernote to Simplenote. Here’s why.
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Do we need the subculture of youth ministry?
I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to make youth ministry bigger.
I don’t just mean bigger youth groups. I mean, “How do we minister to more adolescents?”
18 months ago I posted this infographic.
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“That’s not my job”
My stress level quickly elevated when I arrived in the returns lane.
“How am I going to get all of this stuff and that little boy to the airport in time to catch our flight?”
A car seat. Two check bags. Three carry-ons. And one sleepy toddler.
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Jackson Time
One of the traditions I’m trying to introduce is taking each of the kids on a “dad trip” once per year. I don’t pretend to be a model parent, I do a lot of things wrong— But one thing I think I’m doing well is creating memorable experiences with Megan, Paul, and Jackson.
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The Making of a Book Cover
One of the crazy things about starting The Youth Cartel line of products has been, for me, learning how to make a book a book.
Prior to starting our product line I’d never made anything for print. Sure, I’d designed stuff. But it was always for the web.
Designing for print is a different beast altogether.
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College Basketball Rankings – Week 16
Week 16 College Basketball Rankings
- Syracuse
- Florida
- Wichita State
- Arizona
- Duke
- San Diego State
- Cincinnati
- Vilanova
- Kansas
- Creighton
- Saint Louis
- Louisville
- Michigan State
- Virginia
- Texas
- Iowa State
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Wisconsin
- UConn
- Ohio State
- Memphis
- UCLA
- Michigan
- Stephen F. Austin
Week 15 Results
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Adam’s Guide to Trolls
The other day I heard future Hall of Fame basketball coach Tom Izzo talk about the impact of internet trolls on his players while doing an interview with ESPN Radio.
Yeah, trolls are such a big deal that he has to teach 18 year old basketball players how to deal with foul mouthed fans.
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Road Productivity
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Does Technology Diminish Social Skills?
“The problem with all of this technology is that kids today can’t survive in the real world. They don’t have the social skills they need.”
I hear this a lot from parents at my social media workshops.
And I am empathetic to the logic.
Yet I disagree with the sentiment.
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College Basketball Rankings – Week 15
So here we are. Midway through the conference season and things are starting to heat up all over the country. The Big Ten and Big 12 are proving to be full of parity… top to bottom anyone can win, the SEC has settled into the haves and have nots, same with the Pac 12 and Mountain West.
Week 15 Rankings
- Syracuse
- Arizona
- Florida
- Wichita State
- San Diego State
- Villanova
- Kansas
- Duke
- Michigan State
- Louisville
- Cincy
- Saint Louis
- Michigan
- Iowa
- Creigton
- Virginia
- Iowa State
- Kentucky
- Texas
- Memphis
- Pitt
- Ohio State
- New Mexico
- Wisconsin
- UCLA