Do pastors typically make the national news by trimming plants in their back yards? No, not usually. However, when it happens to Rick Warren, it does. Earlier this week he was trimming a plant that lets out a poison. That poison got into his eyes and he had to be rushed to the hospital in [...]

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Chip and I gave the announcements last weekend at Saddleback Church’s High School Ministry. While that’s not too big of a deal, the heart behind it was kinda huge. The reason we were giving announcements was one of our summer interns, Taylor Bird, decided it would be good to help students get to know the [...]

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I just moved in with some guys who have decided to cancel their cable service. I’m always game for finding creative ways to save money without having to completely give up what I enjoy. This little video from Google about a new product they’re toying with shows promise. I hope it shows up on the [...]

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A few weeks ago life got incredibly busy with great stuff. The downside is that I had to back off of blogging to focus on life for a while. The good news is that I’ll be back to blogging soon and I have some great material to post… If I can remember it all. Posts [...]

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I won’t be able to watch any of the live coverage today of Apple’s WWDC iPhone announcements, but I’ll be getting live updates on my Twitter account. Follow @MacRumorsLive to get them, too. Great news: On the AT&T website, they’re offering an upgrade to current iPhone users even if the 2-year contract hasn’t expired. I [...]

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Would you like to share some youth ministry wisdom on VolunteerYouthMinistry.com? It would be great to have a variety of perspectives and bits of wisdom for others to benefit from. It would also be a great way to get a link back to your own blog. If you’re interested, please copy and paste your material [...]

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My long-time friend, Matt McGill, has recently made his re-entry into the youth ministry world after a brief hiatus serving in other areas of the church. He’s taking over a group of incoming freshmen in the fall. Being the ever-diligent person that he is, he’s already getting an early start. You’ll want to add his [...]

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