For those who use my Sunday school resources, I’ve now got two versions of a lesson sequence on Ephesians done, one that boogie woogies through the book in three weeks and one that goes half a chapter at a time. Check out the Sunday School tab at the top of this page for these and [...]
While I’m moving my more speculative posts over to the Christian Humanist Blog, I will continue to update my own Sunday School Resources and Teen Ministry pages here. I invite anyone who would like to look at them to use the resources, free of charge, so long as you let me know how they’ve served [...]
It’s much easier to upload photos with one hand and hold the baby with the other than it is to write a blog post, however brief, in the same manner.? So enjoy these pictures of Micah, Miriam, pageants, presents, cookies, and all sorts of good stuff in Georgia in the days leading up to Christmas [...]
Identifying Biblical Writers by Church Affiliation
They’re not as snappy as lightbulb jokes, but there is an undeniable nerdy humor in this John Mark Reynolds post.
More long-overdue pictures of Micah and Miriam.
Halloween 2009
Several months ago, I wanted to take the Sunday school class I teach through some systematic theology, so I thought I might want to look into Coffee House Theology, which I had heard about on Homebrewed Christianity. ?Unfortunately, I remembered the title wrong, and I got Coffee Shop Theology instead. ?In my ignorance, I quickly [...]
My new daughter decided not to arrive in the air-breathing world before I made my three public appearances, and I’ll admit that I’m relieved.? I didn’t have to punt any of the three, and I can say I completed each, if not brilliantly, in good faith.? Yesterday’s sermon in front of Emmanuel College’s convocation service [...]
My apologies to those who have commented in the last few days. As some of you know, I tend to write a handful of posts while I’m working the public library, scheduling one per day. I can’t do the same for comments, obviously. So this week, as VBS, VBS prep, and all [...]
If you’ve been following the comments in the right column, you’ll see that Ben Lee, a good friend, has jumped in on the discussion that Slim and I have been having about youth ministry, technology, and what good (if any) large-hall gatherings can have in the discipleship of young Christians.
The comments are on this post.
Actually, the new name of the page (as you’ll see if you point your mouse down there) is “SundaySch.”? I had to do something relatively brief so that it would appear on the tab.
Because I’ve been producing as much material lately for the teens’ Wednesday night class as I have for the adult Sunday school [...]
Slim’s Latest Response
Ben Lee’s Recent Post on Related Topics
I included Ben Lee’s post because, whether unknowingly or in the spirit of unabashed plagiarism, he’s engaging the same kinds of questions that Slim and I have been trying to answer in our exchange of posts.
Ben, if you’re reading, why not hook some brothers up with some [...]
Campus Ministers’ Interview from the Christian Standard.
Last week’s Christian Standard praised the practice of campus ministry, and the centerpiece of the issue was the above group interview with veteran campus ministers.
Given the reflections on campus ministry I posted here some time ago, it does concern me a bit that just about the whole of the [...]
So there you have it: a youth volunteer’s response to CIY’s Believe! tour and a youth minister’s response.? Because we actually agreed in more places than we disagreed, let me hit those first:
Nested Narratives and Late-Capitalist Storytelling
Slim’s youth group and mine liked Brent the Stunt Guy’s allegorical journey out of the Factory and back, and [...]
Before I post his text, I want to introduce you to Jim Clark.? He and I were students and for a spell roommates at Milligan College.? We were groomsmen in each other’s weddings.??? We kept going to Milligan’s guitar-and-drums Sunday night Vespers services long after our hip comrades wrote them off as puerile, and to [...]
Hirsch & Stetzer Discuss Multi-Site?|?Integrating Missionally – W. David Phillips.
I saw this link on Tall Skinny Kiwi, and since I’ve never been in a “satellite campus” but find the phenomenon fascinating, I decided to take a look.? I think that Stetzer’s remark at the end is partly true but doesn’t go far enough.? He’s right [...]
While I’m out of town, I figured I’d give you readers some food for thought, and here’s the question of the day: is Christian preaching primarily the transmission of content that happens to involve rhetorical performance, or is it primarily performance that might or might not have content?
Behold:
Jess, if you’re reading, I know it’s too [...]
I wrote this post back on December 22 originally, but I figured it might bear a quick revision and a repost while most of my readers aren’t on Christmas break.? So here it goes!
El Ick’s blog recently had quite an interesting conversation about differences between proselytizing (a word for which I always need spell check) [...]
Thoughts on Jesus Camp
The post in general is a review of the documentary Jesus Camp, but I thought this observation of the relationship between childhood faith and adult faith was spot on:
The Jesus Camp method of intense indoctrination, filling the mind with strongly prejudicial opinions and fears, and depending on emotional experiences will likely yield [...]
Here’s a double-whammy Micah post for you. The first part is a brief clip from Athens Christian Church’s Easter service. The second is a gallery of Micah’s many Easter egg hunts and some more pics from Easter Sunday. Enjoy!
And thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday on Facebook, Theologica, [...]
Return to the Arena part 1
Return to the Arena part 2
Return to the Arena part 3
It’s now been twelve days since I departed that fateful Friday afternoon for my return to the world of great-hall youth ministry and thirteen since I came back.? Whereas I couldn’t have told you a phrase from any of the [...]
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