Tag: change

  • Two views of the local church

    There are two sides to every coin, aren’t there? I’ve had this post stuck in my head for several weeks– and I think the illustration says it all. Church leaders: Complacency sneaks in. We surround ourselves with people who go to church. We spend a lot of our time at the church. Our perspective becomes…

  • The Blue Sweater

    Over the past month or so I’ve been working my way through The Blue Sweater by Acumen Fund CEO Jacqueline Novogratz. I think this is a book worth reading for a number of reasons. Here are some high points. – Novogratz carries a general principle with her that makes a ton of sense: To change…

  • The World Doesn’t Change Itself

    This weekend the family hosted my friend Andrew Marin. I suppose most people know Andy as a controversial speaker and author who is trying to help the church build bridges with the gay community. I know Andy more as a friend. We met last summer in preparing for National Youth Workers Convention where he was…

  • Rethink Church

    HT to Sara who left this as a comment for the post, Church of the world and not of the church. I think Mr. Wesley would be proud.

  • How do we get to Youth Ministry 3.0?

    I’ve been wrestling with the concepts of Marko’s book, Youth Ministry 3.0 for a long time. Actually, before I worked a YS I had been going through a prolonged set of discussions at Romeo saying in a thousand different ways… What I’m doing isn’t working anymore. The problem was simple. I was trained and experienced…

  • Loop Artist

    Not only is it cool how this artist creates his craft, I think his message matches the theme of this blog. It is possible…

  • The Danger of Changes

    Whether it’s a business, a school, or a youth ministry or even a blog there is both fun and danger in change. Some would say that half of the fun of change is the danger. Good Catalyst Almost all of the change I deal with is neccesitated by the existing way not meeting expectations and/or…

  • Paris Hilton is Totally Ready to Lead

    Looks like we’ve got another candidate to check out. And she claims she is hot. Is that with one “t” or two? See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die True confession. I forgot to vote in the local primaries yesterday. Oops. I guess since I don’t plan on voting here in November it…