What is it about going out to eat that we get so excited about? Seriously, don’t you get excited when you are going out to eat and you know that someone else will have to get whatever it is that you want when you want it? I know
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For those of you who have fallen into the trap of "twitter" now comes a service marketed and directed towards teens. Currently "twitter has not made its way outside of the technology market very well and definelty has not hit
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I tried to link this article to plugrug and was unsuccessful so I thought I would do it this way and share the information with all of you. It is interesting what influence media is having in our world today.
Give me your thoughts. Even if you are not interested in plugging this, please take a minute and let me know what you think. Should we stop calling our ministries by the title "student ministries?"
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Think your teens are using their cell phones only to keep in touch with you? Or maybe to make plans to see a movie with friends? Think again. According to recent news reports, many teens are using cell phones to circulate nude p
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I was recently in a department meeting where the individual leading had us go around and share what was happening in our areas of ministry. Then he did something that we don’t normally do with this group, he asked us to share wha
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Protestant churches across the nation are using various forms of emerging technology to influence people’s lives and enliven their church experience. But the pace of technology adoption seems to have...
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If there is one thing that everyone in youth ministry seems to be talking about it’s how to keep students following Christ after high school. That’s been a hot topic here at Shift, and this morning Kara Powell addressed the probl
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I remember several years ago I made the mistake of a lifetime. Actually, my tech guys did, always blame them it makes you feel better. I don’t remember what the point of the message was but I was using a clip from the movie back
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As I have been blogging this morning there seems to be a lot of conversation out there right now on volunteers. In my reading I have made two observations that have not been mentioned. Having been in ministry for a while I unders
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There seems to be a lot of conversation in regards to volunteers out there right now and I think that what you have written has a lot of merit. Check out Tim's thoughts!
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How many times have you sat in a meeting and ended up just starring off into “Neverland.” Within moments you are running around with the lost boys jumping across expanses, and fighting with your sword against the evil pirates. In
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This week I had the opportunity to sit in on a meeting to plan for the Illinois Christian Teen Convention. As often happens there is one group that will come in carrying a conversation from the cat to the meeting. This time the c
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If you are under 30 this may be a tough article to read. However, I think that as a church we need to aware of what is happening amongst our students after they graduate. We are seeing this concept ring true in all our churches
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