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NYWC ?07 Day 3: New faces
2007-11-04 19:22:00 rob bell - everything is spiritual, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr. Unfortunately I don't have much time to write about yesterdays events, even though it was my favorite day thus far. The wireless internet was so log jammed last night that I couldn't even check my email, let alone post something here. I had a one ... More About: Faces
NYWC ?07 Day 2: Mixed feelings
2007-11-03 06:56:00 *dcb - wholly yours, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr. To be totally honest, I'm not quite sure how to approach blogging about the event thus far, because some things I have totally enjoyed and others I haven't. Now, I know it's only the second day and I have a lot more great things left to ... More About: Feelings , Mixed , Mixe
NYWC ?07 Day 1: Sensory overload
2007-11-02 06:23:00 Youth Specialties owns St. Louis, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr. As I was exploring the exhibit hall and all of the various booths, someone asked me how I was doing and I replied, "I'm kind of in sensory overload right now." There is A LOT to take in here. So many orginizations pitching their "ministry ...
Blogging from the National Youth Workers Convention
2007-10-31 05:17:00 I will be blogging from St. Louis, Missouri this Thursday through Monday, where I'm attending the National Youth Workers Convention , an event organized by Youth Specialties. In addition to seven "general sessions" with great speakers and worship leaders (David Crowder Band, Starfield, et al.) there are a bunch of smaller seminars that I'm really excited ... More About: Blogging
Four point oh!
2007-10-27 11:14:00 The picture, as you have obviously inferred, represents me turning on the power to JakeBouma.com 4.0 (in reality, I was turning on the power to Milwaukee). If you're reading this in a feed reader or email, click through and test drive the new design! First of all, I would like to offer a sincere "thank you" ... More About: Website , Point
The JakeBouma.com 4.0 prize giveaway
2007-10-17 06:20:00 To celebrate the redesign of JakeBouma.com (sneak preview above), I am holding a prize giveaway as a way of saying "thank you" to everyone who reads and supports this blog. Check it: The prizes: A one year subscription to Wired Magazine, courtesy of Josh Brown. Two custom designed blog headers (one per winner), courtesy of Red Cowboy Designs. Four ... More About: Miscellany
Blog Action Day - Making effective transportation choices
2007-10-15 20:35:00 Today is Blog Action Day, a day when "bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind." This year's issue is the environment. Participating bloggers are encouraged to write about any topic relating to environmental issues. Because I have recently been looking for a car, today I'll be writing ... More About: Environment , Website , Blogging , Transportation
Blogging through a book: Everything Must Change (Part 1)
2007-10-11 23:46:00 This is part one of a series where I blog through my reading of Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change : Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. The entire series is listed below ? Intro | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part ... More About: Books , Blogging , Book
Blogging through a book: Everything Must Change (Intro)
2007-10-10 17:17:00 This is the introduction of a series where I blog through my reading of Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change : Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. The entire series is listed below ? Intro | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part ... More About: Books , Blogging , Book
Another JakeBouma.com redesign is in the works
2007-10-08 23:16:00 It's been just under two years since I last did a complete redesign of JakeBouma.com, and the time has come for another one. The truth is, I am completely fed up/disgusted with the current look of the website, and I've been meaning to do a complete overhaul for quite some time. In addition to overhauling ... More About: Website , Blogging , Works , Redesign , The Works
The Final Season
2007-10-05 06:25:00 The Fina l Season is a new movie releasing October 12, 2007 which tells the story of the 1991 state championship baseball team from Norway, Iowa. 1991 was the last year that Norway played with its own team, before a major school district consolidation. It stars Sean Astin (a.k.a. "Rudy") as the head coach. I ... More About: Movies
Postmodern suspicion and Matt Nathanson?s ?Heartbreak World?
2007-10-01 20:34:00 A while back I picked up Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat's Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire, a book about hearing Colossians with a new set of (postmodern) ears. In the first chapter, the authors describe and define globalization and postmodernity to lay the foundation for the argument of the rest of the book. Jean-François Lyotard, ... More About: Theology , Music , World , Faith , Matt
Introducing my first youth group
2007-09-27 05:49:00 Eikon, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr. When I worked as a youth ministry intern at Valley Church, my boss (and youth ministry guru), Brandon Barker, had an old picture hanging in his office of one of his first youth groups. I always thought it was really cool- in a nostalgic kind of way. Anyway, these ... More About: Life , Youth , Group
Are you suffering from Heroes hysteria?
2007-09-24 19:25:00 Sometime least fall, I came down with a horrible case of Heroes hysteria. Not much is known about the disease, so I just let the thing run its course, and although it took about eight months, I eventually conquered it. Well, Heroes hysteria has returned to my system. At least, I'm feeling the symptoms, anyway. ... More About: Hysteria , Suffering , Erin
Free entry into a $4000 prize draw
More articles from this author:2007-09-21 06:31:00 In order to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of his blog, David Airey (along with the help of several sponsors) is giving away over $4000 worth of blogging-related prizes, and all you have to do to enter is to write a blog post about the giveaway. Easy enough, huh? And if the $4000 in prizes isn't ... More About: Website , Free , Draw , Entry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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