When all is said and done, someone will have “won” the big debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye. Chances are, whomever that person is deemed to be will be less about the actual presentation and more about the person who proclaimed the winner. It’s difficult to have an open mind. Arguably, there may be [...]![]()
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Creation Debate: Who Won?
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[Discussion Starter] Pastor Faces Consequences for Atheism Experiment
Current Event Los Angeles—A pastor who has resolved to try atheism for one year is paying a big price for his “intellectual experiment.” Less than a week after Ryan Bell, 42, announced he’d live 2014 as if there’s no God, his two teaching contracts weren’t renewed at Christian universities and a consulting job at a [...]![]()
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Amazing Perspective From GoPro
I saw this video the other day and was amazed. The perspective is unreal. There are so many observations that can be drawn from this! I would encourage you to watch it, but it could be a cool thing to just play on the screens at your next college ministry gathering. Chuck @chuckbomar![]()
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Controversy On The Biggest Loser Finale—Why It Matters
Since the season finale of The Biggest Loser last night, when it appeared that the three finalists on the popular weight-loss show (and the overall winner) had not only dropped an unbelievable amount of weight, but may have ended up dangerously (and obviously, see above photo) under-weight, I’ve been answering emails and Facebook messages all [...]![]()
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Let’s Talk About Youth Ministry – Help…I’m New In Youth Ministry!
This week we talk about being new in youth ministry-whether that’s getting a job in youth ministry with no prior experience, or being an intern. Also, Kurt shares 3 things he looks for when hiring a new youth worker. He also wears the distracting garment of wisdom! haha Check it out! Hope it helps kurt & [...]![]()
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Sacred Spaces
There’s this small contemplative monastery just outside of town near where I live. I’ve been going there for several years now, and it has become a regular and vital part of my spiritual rhythm. I discovered it while planning a silent retreat for the youth group I was leading. Many of my kids expressed frustration [...]![]()
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M2GT: Perspectives from a Gay Teen
Earlier this week, Chuck Bomar offered 6 questions gay students are asking of youth workers. And I thought this was an excellent perspective to take on the issue of how to minister to gay teenagers. Last year, I wrote a book specifically for youth workers that was really a first of it’s kind. In a [...]![]()
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Discussion Starter: ‘Biggest Loser’ Weight Loss Sparks Uproar
In The News: Biggest Loser Finale Controversy Los Angeles—Many viewers think the latest winner of “The Biggest Loser” took her weight loss too far. Rachel Frederickson won season 15 of the reality-TV competition Tuesday after losing 60 percent of her body weight. The 24-year-old, who’s 5 feet, 5 inches tall, went from 260 pounds to [...]![]()
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Discussion Starter: The LEGO Movie
There’s nothing more American than LEGOs… which actually are from Denmark… so never mind that. It’s crazy how many people I know have been looking forward to the LEGO Movie – not just kids, but teenagers, parents, grandparents and more. The movie “clicks” – not just on the predictable level you hope for, but with [...]![]()
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An Honest Facebook Movie
Facebook celebrated 10 years of being Facebook this past week… a fact you’re well aware from all the one-minute user-made videos that showed up in your feed. Perhaps the best is a parody put together by Tripp and Tyler. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDmVF_ku7vE So in summary… How has Facebook helped your life? How has Facebook [...]![]()
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The Flappy Bird Conundrum
I’m not sure when it happened. It seemed to come completely out of nowhere like a giant, flapping, pixelated ninja. All of a sudden “everyone” was talking about this new free game to play on our touch screen devices. All I had to do was keep tapping my screen to keep this wobbly bird in [...]![]()
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A Conference Call in Real Life
Need a laugh? Check out this quite-viral video by Tripp and Tyler that depicts what a conference call might look like in real life. (And feel free to share this post. Chances are you know someone who lives in cubicle world and needs a laugh today, too) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ P.S. Simply Youth Ministry / Group hosts [...]![]()
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#SYMC Theatrical Release: GOD’S NOT DEAD
Hey Insiders! Check out the trailer below for the brand new PureFlix Film, GOD’S NOT DEAD, that will have its theatrical premiere at Simply Youth Ministry Conference 2014 (SYMC) happening in Columbus, OH on March 7-10! We are so excited to see this film, and how God will use the story of a present-day college [...]![]()
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[ FREE LESSON ] Olympic Level Love
Love and relationships are always hot topics, but especially in February. To top it off, the Olympics are on TV right now. Mash those two together, and you have a prime opportunity to deepen your students’ understanding of what love is. Here’s a lesson you can utilize or tweak however you’d like. Hope it serves [...]![]()
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On Being Faithful and Faith-filled
Every year our junior high, high school and college teams sneak away for “Staff Camp”. We jam-pack the 36 hours away with training, dreaming, planning, laughing, playing and eating…lots of eating. It’s at Staff Camp that I introduce the area(s) of our ministry that I’d like us to give extra attention in the upcoming year. [...]![]()
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Let’s Help Under-funded Youth Groups!
If you get paid to do youth work, you are the exception, not the rule. If you serve in a church of more than a few hundred people, you are the exception, not the rule. If you are provided any sort of budget from the church for your youth ministry, your are the exception, not [...]![]()
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M2GT: More Than A Sexual Orientation
Last week I shared some perspectives from my story as a gay teen. This week, I would like to continue offering some perspectives that I hope help youth workers understand how most gay teens feel inside church settings. As an “out” gay teen, I was never invited to youth group or church. Instead, my peers [...]![]()
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Random Randomness
* SYMC: Are you going to the Simply Youth Ministry Conference? It’s not too late to join us at the event I like to call, “camp for youth workers”. A long weekend full of connecting with old friends, meeting new ones, learning, laughing, lazying around. You won’t find a better way to get re-energized for your [...]![]()
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5 Hot Graphic Design Apps for Your iPad
I would prefer to get behind my computer, open Photoshop, and crank through a design project, but sometimes I am on the move and only have my iPad. Just last week I needed to create a background for a talk I was doing, and I was away from my MacBook. I browsed through the app [...]![]()
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Leadership Lessons (and a little church humor) from Jimmy Fallon
This is a big week for Jimmy Fallon – between taking on the Tonight Show and all the press that’s involved with it. Critics will be waiting to pounce on him, eager to summarize if he “nails it” or “fails it.” There will be a lot of leadership lessons for you as you watch it [...]![]()
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