Archive for 'Culture'

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Postcard

This is a simple idea but I am very excited about the response we have seen from it. Every Thursday night we take sometime for our students to mention the name of the teens we have not seen in awhile. We pray for them and I encourage the students to contact them. Recently we have [...]

Tips for an effective church website

Today as I was reading through an email sent to me from Philip Bassham, the founder of www.baptistwebsites.org. Philip is a close friend of mine and also the minister of music where I serve. Philip, in my opinion, has a phenomenal perspective on the way he builds websites and leads our music program. As our [...]

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“Xmas”.. understood and still dislike it

I read after dozens of church leaders. Some our church planters, some pastors, and a whole slew of them are youth pastors. I just wanted to take a moment and rant about my personal dislike for the use of “Xmas” for Christmas. It seems ridiculous to me how many youth pastors feel the need to [...]

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My P.A. – Facebook

Many times when I am with fellow youth pastors I am asked why I use Facebook. I think it is a legitimate question considering all the negative uses we have seen of social networking in the news. It is great for keeping up with kids, promoting events, and many other things.. but here is one [...]