The second book I read this week is one that’s been sitting on my bookshelf for about 6 months now. Living Your Strengths was given to me when I first came on staff at RVC. It’s really a discussion of the Clifton StrengthsFinder test and how it applies to ministry (both vocational and lay) within [...]
The Perfect Program (and other fairy tales) is an excellent read for anyone involved in ministry. While written specifically with youth ministry in mind, the principles discussed apply to a wide range of ministry. In The Perfect Program, youth ministry veteran David Chow takes you through his 15 years of YM experience and relates his [...]
I’m not really the biggest fan of Contemporary Christian Music (aka “CCM”). Unless it’s from a worship leader or really really good, chances are I won’t be too into it. I do, however, want to provide our students with some good music that they can connect with as an alternative to the sexually explicit/suicidal/pointless music [...]
10.15Fall sounds…
I recently realized that it had been months since I’d purchased any new music, so I’ve made it a point to add to my iTunes library over the last few weeks. Here’s what I’m listening to: David Crowder*Band::Remedy The Crowdster is back! After blowing our minds with the fun and innovative sounds of A Collision, [...]
09.28Reading club…
Gene and I were talking the other day and we both admitted to the fact that we don’t read nearly as much as we’d like we don’t read books as much as we think we should. Trust me, there’s lots of blog reading going on, but not much real reading. That, however, is about to [...]
07.23I heart google…
I’ve always been a Google fan, but two recent additions to the G family have got me really excited. The first is Google reader. This feature allows anyone with a Google account to subscribe to all their blogs. The Reader automatically updates when a new post is available, ensuring you keep up to date with [...]
04.02Review: promonition
I had a hard time sleeping Saturday night. I’m pretty sure I was having a “premonition” about the horrible movie I’d watch Sunday afternoon. Premonition is Sandra Bullock’s latest foray into the trippy time-warp genre, however, unlike last year’s endearingly confusing film, The Lake House, Premonition leaves you frustrated and dreary. The movie is set [...]
Ok… so I finally rented the earth-melting, Oscar-grabbing, constituency-swaying (can I say that?) mega-documentary AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Last night, Sarah, Stephanie Ridgeway, Clovis (a cat) and I hunkered down in the palatial mansion Steph was house-sitting, consumed a large pizza and an entire package of Nestle chocolate chip cookies, and watched in awe as Al [...]