Archive - October, 2007

Five ministry blogs I Read Regularly

October 8, 2007 in Miscellaneous with 3 Comments


Janell is always making fun of me for reading people’s blogs. She says that I read too many, and she’s probably right. I read a lot of people’s blogs, but it’s because I find their insights into life very intriguing. Some of the blogs I read are people in ministry. Some are tips on technology. Some are just people I met through online interactions.

Here are five blogs I read regularly. These happen to relate to ministry. I guarantee there will be another post about five more blogs.

Life in Student Ministry: Tim Schmoyer has great talent for writing and developing ideas for youth ministry. He posts regularly about issues in youth ministry, and it has been fun to read his blog for a while now.

Finding Direction: Jim and his family are missionaries in Mexico, too. We’ve had lots of great interaction over the internet, and one of these days, we’ll get our families together to go to the zoo. He also runs missionary-blogs.com.

Evotional: Mark Batterson is the pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. and is the author of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. He always has great thoughts and insights about ministry and life.

Blue Passport: Dr. Lewis was a professor of ours who taught us how to study a culture in preparation for living in a foreign culture as a missionary. His insights into culture and missions help me all the time as I try to understand both missions and the context in which I live.

Tony Sheng: Tony has a real passion to see students involved in missions. He is always blogging about great things that include culture, missions, and student ministry. One of these days, we’ll meet Tony in person, too.

BONUS: Nailscars is another blog I read all the time. It’s a great site run by Shane with a bunch of really good insights about life and ministry as well. Shane is very honest about what is happening in his own life and ministry, which helps his readers understand more about their own situation as well.

Confianza (Trust)

October 7, 2007 in Church, Culture with 0 Comments

Last night at youth group here at our church, I spoke on the topic of trust. I made an introduction video (in Spanish…see it here), and I’m working on a parable that goes with it.

I only spoke for about 20 minutes at most, and I basically talked about this formula: Trust=An attitude that leads to actions that lead to results.

The passage was 2 Chronicles 20:1-30, where the people of Juda were being attacked by 3 armies, and God won the battle for them. When they reached the battlefield, there were only the remains of the other three armies because they had attacked themselves.

Overall, the meeting went well. I’m trying to lead by example as far as shortening the amount of time I speak for, but it seems like tat makes people uncomfortable here.

links for 2007-10-06

October 6, 2007 in Links with 0 Comments

  • YWJ
    Youth Worker Journal’s new site. It’s really cool.
    (tags: youthministry)

Comida

October 5, 2007 in Miscellaneous with 0 Comments

We had a great time today eating with some friends we met at our home church in Florida. They live in Mexico now, actually about 5 minutes from where we live. Here’s the story on how we met them.

Anyway, Janell cooked up her awesome chicken parm, and we had a good conversation with them. It was good to get together with them for a few hours. We look forward to seeing them again.

Good deals in Mexico

October 4, 2007 in Mexico with 0 Comments

modedas.jpgContrary to popular belief, everything is NOT cheap in Mexico. Many things cost a lot more here than they do in the US, at least in our part of town. That doesn’t mean that Mexico does not have some good deals, though. Here are four deals that we are very happy to have here.

Pizza Tuesdays: Every pizza place has two for one pizzas every Tuesday. That means we can fill up on pizza and have enough left over for the rest of the week. We just found out that Little Cesar’s has 3 for one on Tuesdays. Yummy!

Movie Wednesdays: Every Wednesday, you can go to the movies for half price. That means that the movie theaters are packed on Wednesday nights, but it also means you can eat that left over pizza and hit the movies for a cheap date.

Six Flags annual passes: The annual passes at Six Flags are less than $50. Basically, if you go twice in the year, you have more than paid for your annual pass. Plus you get a coupon book that has free passes for your friends. We basically only have to buy one annual pass and then use the coupons for the other person. Plus, the annual pass to Six Flags is good worldwide. So you can buy the pass here and get into any Six Flags in the world.

NFL Sunday Ticket: Watching every single football game all season long costs about $300 in the US. In Mexico, it only costs around $80. That’s quite a deal, especially when you realize you get pre-game coverage, every game, and commercials in English.

Dating Workshop Update

October 3, 2007 in Center for YM with 0 Comments

Edgar 5Yesterday we had our first ever dating workshop at the seminary. My job was just to be there and grade. Basically, I just watched. Overall, I think it went okay. There were some technical difficulties, as usual, and some of the videos they had made couldn’t be shown.

I think the interaction with the crowd was pretty good. They told some pretty good stories talking about different stages of dating, but I wish they would have given some more practical advice for the attendees. As usual, there was a TON of information without a clear landing point.

I believe they learned a lot through the experience. Tomorrow in class, we will be evaluating the workshop. I look forward to hearing what they think.

NOTE: I was going to try to broadcast the workshop live on Ustream.tv, but the internet connection was horrible where we were at, so I was unable to do so. I guess I’ll have to try it some other time.

links for 2007-10-02

October 2, 2007 in Links with 0 Comments

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