as a rule, i try and find some videos to show that relate to our theme. it is hard to get the kids to make one video each week, so i use our handy friends at youtube. plus, someone has already done it, why create the wheel. i liked this video, but for added spice i am throwing in this one.
Ministry
random linkage
oh why not. some links for no apparent reason
- of course crime goes up on game day. those guys are asking for it.
- i didn’t know art was in the clown ministry
- will is looking for some help with an emerging / emergent project
- is apple just ripping off the braun product design concepts?
- if you have been getting the osama obama emails that i have.. deleted
- our most wired cities.. number one kinda surprises me. tip to sam, i think
- united methodists going green
- dan’s newest book, "i like Jesus, but not the church" apologizes
- coolest caption contest eva!
- jared throws a top 5 bone to the seeker sensitive church
a strange meet up
this afternoon i am meeting up with my district superintendent and a group of other eclectic pastors, many i call friends. we were ‘required’ to be part of this group as we are teaching our ds about progressive ministry anythings. a learning group of sorts. however, when i said sure to the group (in honesty, i am laity and i don’t see myself being required by my ds to do anything) i thought we’d be talking culture, technology, mission, monasticism, worship, etc… but instead we have been required to read this book together.. and we have to write a one page paper on a required chapter (mine is chapter 9). this is our 2nd meeting of this gathering and i am confused to know what to expect or think. i don’t even know if i will enjoy it it.. though i probably will enjoy somewhat if some of my buddies are there. i even like our ds, he’s a dreamer and i can appreciate that. might even be an ambitious slacker.
map virginity loss
interesting.. a map showing the average ages people are loosing their virginity via furfy. tip ypulse. i found it somewhat interesting to see the youngest and oldest regions. my explanations circled around cultural norms of marriage to life stage milestones, like driving ages.. hmmm
i would have thought there to be younger ages. i suppose there is a decent population averaging out those crazy cases you hear about on news sources or jerry springer.
no more mission trips
i don’t know about you, but i started two or three years ago to stop calling our youth short term mission trips.. "mission trips".. the idea that being missional is not a trip but a lifestyle. so we call them, or try to start the shift of calling them, mission experiences. it may be silly, but i like the idea of experiencing an intense life of missions for a short term where we experience relationship, work, outreach, pushing our own limits.. with the hope of developing a missional life.
one of the feature videos this week at work of the people is naming them "friendship trips".. i can like that too