The Over-Educated Youth Pastor The Over-Educated Youth Pastor The Over-Educated Youth Pastor discusses topics important to youth ministers from the perspective of an author who triples as a Youth Minister, Adjunct Professor of Geography, and Lecturer on Urban and Regional Planning. 
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Blog Hiatus
2008-05-16 14:28:00 You've probably already figured this out due to my silence, but the Over-Educated Youth Pastor Blog is on a bit of a hiatus as I transition to my new role as Professor of Geography and Director of Environmental Studies at the King's University College in Edmonton, Alberta. When the blog picks ... More About: Hiatus
Pomo Timmy Receives First Review!
2008-05-03 04:19:00 The first of what will be many reviews of Pomo Timmy is in! This one is by Anthony Horvath, an author who operates a Christian Apologetics website. Check it out at SntJohnny.com!... More About: Review
Youth Workers Wake Up!
2008-04-22 17:18:00 Wake up youth workers! We are in a global food crisis, and we who work with youth have a voice to do something about it. But, are we? The Rethinking Youth Ministry Blog has a great post with questions about how to address issues of global poverty beyond an annual 30 hour Famine. Somehow ... More About: Workers , Wake , Wake up
Poverty and the Kingdom of God
2008-04-15 18:43:00 Last year when I worked at World Vision Appalachia our executive director, Ruston Seaman, interpreted poverty experts Jayakumar Christian and Bryant Myers by summarizing the circumstance of the poor into two general concepts: the poor have a marred identity and the poor lack purpose. ... More About: Kingdom , Poverty , The Kingdom
Jayakumar Christian on Poverty
2008-04-04 16:49:00 For many years I had a somewhat unilateral, materialist understanding of poverty. I saw poverty only in the dimension of the financial and neglected to recognize the structural, spiritual, relational, emotional and even intellectual dimensions. I once felt that if those of us w... More About: Christian , Poverty
Poverty #4: Some helpful poverty blogs
2008-04-03 16:16:00 The Confessing Tiger shares about Fuller Seminary’s Curriculum on poverty developed for World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine Chris comments on some reflections on youth ministry and poverty from Tony Campolo The Just Life blog breaks down the Christian Community Development Movement A g... More About: Blogs , Poverty
Working with students in poverty, #3
2008-04-01 22:40:00 To read the beginning of this series on working with students in poverty check out post #1 and post #2. For my third situation in which I failed to bring trnasformation to families in poverty I'm going to reiterate a post from September of 2007 that originally fit into my "How not to do y... More About: Students , Poverty , Working
Working with students in poverty, post #2
2008-03-28 16:12:00 Find post 1 HERE... Situation #2: In the late 1990s I entered into a ministry setting in which a young child was accidentally scolded to death in the tub by a grandmother. The family was a block away from my church and another daughter (not the mother of the child) occasiona... More About: Students , Post , Poverty , Working
Working with students in poverty, post #1
2008-03-25 21:48:00 Over the course of my fifteen years in youth ministry I have consistently worked with children and youth in poverty. In my first paid role in the mid-1990s I worked in a rural setting in Kentucky where half of my students were the children of rich tobacco farmers and the other half were children of ... More About: Students , Post , Poverty , Working
How to Pull Off A March Madness
2008-03-21 17:36:00 Last week I shared about my crazy idea to do a March Madness lock-in in 2003 - and my even more insane idea to try it again last week as a multi-church parish-wide event. It was AWESOME and I have finally recovered enough to coherently pass along the details so you can try it yourself. First,... More About: Pull
Successful Youth Ministry Idea: March Madness!
2008-03-13 18:13:00 This weekend our parish is going to try a lock-in I had a lot of success with in 2003. (Warning - part of my silence on the blog is the phenomenal amount of work that goes into this event!) In fact, Group Magazine actually published an article about it! Here is what they shared: L... More About: Youth , March Madness , Idea , Ministry , March
Final Pomo Timmy Excerpt - Leadership
2008-03-10 15:24:00 This is the final of three excerpts from my book Pomo Timmy. If you want to read more, you'll have to purchase the book! :) "Leadership has always been a significant topic in the church, but the recent explosion of literature concerning this vital subject reveals its contemporary i... More About: Final
Youth Ministry Position at FUMC
2008-03-07 15:23:00 My role as "Interim" Director of Youth Ministry is nearing its conclusion at FUMC, and it is time to find the right person to take over this youth ministry greenhouse. I've got plenty of planned posts left until I take on my new role in Canada (more on this later...), but today I'd l... More About: Youth Ministry , Position
Pomo Timmy Excerpt #2 - Mystery (of Godliness)
2008-03-06 21:06:00 A mystery in the New Testament is a concept which is beyond comprehension but available to believe. Another way of describing it is as a religious truth that is incomprehensible to reason yet knowable through divine revelation. A mystery is an ultimate reality that is impossible to fully grasp in th... More About: Mystery , Godliness
Pomo Timmy Excerpt #1: Introduction
2008-02-29 18:17:00 The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Pomo Timmy: Iranaeus of Lyons claimed, "Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than Truth ... More About: Introduction
Pomo Timmy Now Available!!!
2008-02-26 16:40:00 The long awaited release of Pomo Timmy is finally here! You can order your copy by clicking on the link to the right. ...
Metaphor Breakdown
2008-02-19 15:38:00 At some point every metaphor breaks down. I've been running with the metaphor of a youth ministry greenhouse, and it has worked well for many aspects of youth ministry. However, it breaks down in evangelism because the power of Christ transforms weeds into oak trees. Also, a greenh...
Individual Assets
2008-02-15 16:07:00 While it is helpful to discover the organizational assets of a faith community, it is also important to help individuals understand their own strengths. Broadway Christian Parish United Methodist Church does this by asking people three important questions: 1) What three things do you do well&... More About: Individual
Individual Assets
2008-02-15 16:07:00 While it is helpful to discover the organizational assets of a faith community, it is also important to help individuals understand their own strengths. Broadway Christian Parish United Methodist Church does this by asking people three important questions: 1) What three things do you do well&... More About: Individual
Asset-Based Community Development
2008-02-13 15:05:00 The Asset -Based Community Development book Asset-Based Strategies for Faith Communities states, "Asset-based community development begins with the assumption that successful community building depends on rediscovering and mobilizing resources already present in the community.&nb... More About: Community Development
Asset-Based Community Development
2008-02-13 15:05:00 The Asset -Based Community Development book Asset-Based Strategies for Faith Communities states, "Asset-based community development begins with the assumption that successful community building depends on rediscovering and mobilizing resources already present in the community.&nb... More About: Community Development
Sufi in the Greenhouse
2008-02-08 20:02:00 Last week (before I was trapped for an entire day in the Toronto airport - with the Spice Girls - while flying home from Edmonton) I shared a story related by John McKnight with a moral that posits ultimate wisdom is found in the local community rather than from an expert. This ... More About: Greenhouse , Sufi
Sufi in the Greenhouse
2008-02-08 20:02:00 Last week (before I was trapped for an entire day in the Toronto airport - with the Spice Girls - while flying home from Edmonton) I shared a story related by John McKnight with a moral that posits ultimate wisdom is found in the local community rather than from an expert. This ... More About: Greenhouse , Sufi
Off to Edmonton!
2008-02-01 18:29:00 For the next few days I will be in chilly Edmonton Alberta, Canada at the King's University College. So, there will be a slight hiatus in the blog until I return late next week. At that time, I'll delve more deeply in the Sufi story I shared in my last post...... More About: Mont
Off to Edmonton!
2008-02-01 18:29:00 For the next few days I will be in chilly Edmonton Alberta, Canada at the King's University College. So, there will be a slight hiatus in the blog until I return late next week. At that time, I'll delve more deeply in the Sufi story I shared in my last post......
Lesson from a Sufi
2008-01-29 16:09:00 On January 10, 2006 I joined staff members of World Vision at the home of John McKnight in Chicago for a consultation with this international expert. John is a community development guru and one of the founders of asset-based community development. We sat in his home for an amazing... More About: Sufi , Lesson
Lesson from a Sufi
2008-01-29 16:09:00 On January 10, 2006 I joined staff members of World Vision at the home of John McKnight in Chicago for a consultation with this international expert. John is a community development guru and one of the founders of asset-based community development. We sat in his home for an amazing... More About: Sufi , Lesson
Where Should Students Go?
2008-01-28 20:44:00 In my last series of posts, I have wholeheartedly accepted and endorsed the approach of Andy Stanley and Bill Willits in Creating Community. Today I deviate from that path. The third major question they ask in order to discern their church's direction is "Where do we want people to ... More About: Students
Where Should Students Go?
2008-01-28 20:44:00 In my last series of posts, I have wholeheartedly accepted and endorsed the approach of Andy Stanley and Bill Willits in Creating Community. Today I deviate from that path. The third major question they ask in order to discern their church's direction is "Where do we want people to ... More About: Students
Spiritual Shin Splints
More articles from this author:2008-01-25 17:57:00 For the past month, I have been running in excess of 20 miles a week. No, I'm not a refined athlete, but this is a lot for a guy who weighed 230 pounds this time last year! It has been fun and refreshing, but because I took November and December off it has resulted in a ferocious case of... More About: Spiritual , Shin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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