A friend of mine reluctantly started a blog recently. He didn’t know where to get started because he didn’t think he had anything to say. He only started the blog because he was one of the few people he knew who didn’t have one. Here’s some tips I gave him based on the content I [...]

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When I teach hope to change the perspective of my students. Most of them have heard the same stories taught repeatedly since they were toddlers. I hope they leave saying, “I’ve never thought of it that way.” That’s when minds are stretched and the biblical truths regain their attention. Some examples I’ve seen from others [...]

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UPDATE 9/13/09: This does not work on iPhone 3.1 yet, but they’re working on it ___ I’m amazed how easy it was to tether my iPhone 3Gs to my laptop. I was also slap-happy I didn’t have to jailbreak my iPhone to make it happen. I’m actually writing this blog post thanks to my iPhone [...]

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOotl8T_o6I] Here’s a link to a much less boring demonstration. I just couldn’t embed it into my blog… http://bit.ly/oa0tv

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Yesterday we took some guys on Guy Day. (Girls also had a day going on at the same time.) We had a day full of fun guy activities. This was a great connect-level event. Many of the guys did not know each other before the day began. By the end of the day that had [...]

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Today I caught an episode of MtV’s World’s Strictest Parents. The one I caught was pretty cool, but I can’t judge a series by one episode. Take this with a grain of salt, but I see a lot of potential for using clips of this show for teaching. The premise of the show is to [...]

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A friend of mine, Charles, works for a food distributor. One of his best and oldest clients canceled its coffee order. The complaint was that the coffee had changed. It didn’t have the same flavor it had over the years. Customers were complaining about the flavor. Knowing nothing had changed with the coffee, Charles paid [...]

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Our high school ministry hosted a comedy night recently. I shot this video of one of the skits using my phone. Good stuff. Super fun night.

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Two of our high school staffers got into a sweet hand slap fight tonight. Their pain, our gain. Enjoy!

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I have begun a search for a youth ministry staff opportunity. While I’ve loved my 10 years at Saddleback Church on staff and as a volunteer, I’m hoping for a position where I can once again serve on the staff of a youth ministry. My preference is to work with high school students or as [...]

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