Why Benedict

Figuring out a pope’s name is rough – but I really don’t think it gives the pope any street cred that he chooses his own nickname. But, how much street cred does a pope actually need?
Check this out: Why “Benedict”? (Keith Olbermann)
Big Question:
Who has more street cred, the pope or you?

Dangerous Wonder, Michael Yaconelli

Last night I blasted through Dangerous Wonder by Mike Yaconelli in preparation for Sunday’s worship gatherings. You need to get this book into your hands.
Yaconelli is one of the most influential people in my life. His views on life and following Christ and youth ministry helped to form me and build me into the (hopefully) [...]

Benedict 16

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been selected by the Roman Catholic church as the new pope. – CNN
And we were all looking for a black latin american?

Just a few hours ago the cardinals elected the new pope. Many who read this blog don’t give a rip, but I do. I think the last pope [...]

ATF reflections

Here’s some links to variuos reflections on Acquire the Fire on the weekend – and if you are an Albany HS’er be sure to check this thread on the Driven Forums.
Joyce
Fizzox
Brooke
Theresa
Add link to your in the comments if you’ve got’em!

Acquire the Fire

This past weekend I led the group up to PDX for a weekend Acquire the Fire conference.
ATF is run by Teen Mania ministries, and they do advertise the snot out of their products, but the weekend is the best I can get in the pacific northwest.
So it was a super weekend and many kids made [...]

Church Marketing Sucks

Chruch Marketing Sucks is a website that is dedicated to making fun of churches that have spasm marketing campaigns. It is a major error the American church makes, mistaking evangelism and marketing for each other. It isn’t even a site that says marketing is bad, it just points out how bad churches are at marketing.
I [...]

The Great Commission

After further reflection, I think the last post was a bit of a rant, but I am revisiting this thought day after day. I was reading last night, a book that I will definitely post on, and it asked the question, “how are postmoderns to fulfill the gospel?” And I couldn’t help but deconstruct that [...]

The Commission

What has become known as the Great Comission or, in Sonlife circles, the Everyday Comission does not need to be fulfilled.
I spent last night reading and working thorugh Robert Colemans’ The Master Plan of Evanagelsim and grew increasingly concerned that modern American Christianity see Matthew 28:18-20 as something to be fulfilled.
It is, I believe, way [...]