Archive for November, 2007
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Friday, November 9th, 2007I wanna play! + More Kyra pics here. + More soccer pics here.
Blogging NOC07: Dan Kimball
Thursday, November 8th, 2007Engaging the Cultural Landscape Dan Kimball Amazon.com Widgets + Jesus intrigues the current pop cultural landscape: … “Jesus is my homeboy” t-shirts (Pam Anderson, Ashton Kutcher, etc) … Jesus bobble-head dolls … During a 2006 concert tour where Madonna performed in front of 1.2 million people, she appeared on-stage on a cross while performing “Live [...]
Blogging NOC07: Alan Nelson
Thursday, November 8th, 2007What’s Hot (and Not) in Outreach Alan Nelson, editor-in-chief Rev! magazine Amazon.com Widgets GOAL: Examine outreach methods and their relevance in today’s culture. What are the trends and how can they influence outreach strategies over the next five years? + A Dozen Dysfunctions & Myths About Outreach and What To Do About Them 1. It’s [...]
A workshop by any other name …
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007FYI: to all the ATS youth ministry students and the NOC “Myspace” attendees: The “Have You Seen Your Kids’ Myspace?” workshop has the same content as “Mooks, Midriffs, Myspace & More: Engaging a Plugged-in Generation.” Download the powerpoint and source material here.
Off to San Diego
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007I’ll be in San Diego for the National Outreach Convention for the next three days. If you’re in the area or at the conference, email me so we can meet up.
Senate to investigate six televangelists
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Federal law grants churches tax-exempt status and excludes them from reporting requirements, but prohibits their leaders and founders from dipping into the organizations’ accounts for their own personal use. Expenses of any tax-exempt organization are supposed to further the cause or goals of that entity. … Grassley’s staff and other ministry watchdogs said that media-oriented [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007A Vision of Today’s Students Courtesy: Digital Ethnography. Transcript, with fascinating comment thread, including this: I come from a country in which a majority of people earn less than 1 dollar a day and I say what are you complaining about. The reason you spend so much time in Facebook,or playing with your laptops is [...]
Jesus the Justice Advocate
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Jesus the Justice Advocate may not be standard Sunday school fare, yet He began his ministry by declaring his heart for justice in a concrete mission statement to preach good news to the poor, freedom for prisoners, sight for the blind, release for the oppressed, and the year of the Lord’s favor. (Lk 4:18-18) Jesus [...]
Timely Tuesday
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007New Pics on Flickr
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Sets: + Judah’s Third Birthday (photos courtesy Michael Mowery) + NYC Marathon 2007 + Soccer Star + Kyra (updates)
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