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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Smiley’s moving to Mexico! One of my girls, Rachel Ann Gonzales, is off to the mission field. Rachel used to be in my youth group. She volunteered, interned and worked at Generation Xcel. Now she’s graduating college and preparing to spend (at least) a year living and working at Lily of the Valley orphanage in [...]
Culture of Compassion 2
Friday, April 20th, 2007Matt asks, in response to the post “A Culture of Compassion”: How could a culture of compassion have changed this [Virginia Tech] situation? Here are some initial thoughts. 1. Monsters like Cho don’t create themselves. Every hour it seems, more details about his troubled life emerge that reveal a tortured soul who was ignored, rejected, [...]
The Playbook
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007It started out as a training manual for Student Venture’s New York staff, but the project quickly evolved beyond Student Venture because there are so few urban youth ministry resources available. Check out the Playbook: A Campus Ministry Primer for Cities for some helpful tools on engaging public school students. Preview this book Student Venture [...]
A Campus Ministry Primer for Cities
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Student Venture Playbook: A Campus Ministry Primer for Cities. Buy it TODAY! I had the privilege of collaborating with Kevin Young and Student Venture New York in designing and writing commentary for their staff training book. After months of envisioning, drafting, designing, and editing, and a baptism by fire in the world of self-publishing, the [...]
RSVP Required: Coalition Announcements
Wednesday, April 4th, 20071) Please be advised that the April Coalition meeting has been RESCHEDULED from Monday, 4/9 to Tuesday, 4/10 from 10-12 and will feature a presentation by Tracy Ellis-Ward of Fellowship of Christian Athletes on balancing family and ministry. The location remains the same (American Bible Society, 61st Street and Broadway). 2) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING will be [...]
Youth Rock Presents: Effective Leadership
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Catching my breath
Monday, March 5th, 2007After this … I needed this … Much appreciation and love to the Brooks family, Chris and his Queen and the heirs to her throne — Selah and Gabriel — for graciously returning me to earth Saturday night. (For those of you who’ve never experienced being serenaded by the Brooks kids, get in line.) Thanks [...]
To the Max
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007Great times the past two days hanging with Houston’s own Latino legend, Mr. Max Torres. He was in town recruiting summer interns for Bayshore Christian Ministries, so we grabbed two late (and liesurely) lunches. We’ve known of each other for a few years and finally met last year at the UrbNet Summit, but this was [...]
Old Skool Xcel 1996-2001
Thursday, February 1st, 2007Rollie’s comment inspired me to upload some of Generation Xcel’s archival photos. Many more to come.
Porn and Pancakes
Sunday, January 28th, 2007XXXChurch is at it again. CNN reports. See also ABC News, Fox News, Yahoo News, and more.
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