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Taking Youth Ministry Seriously

Just a few months after I tried to sign up, my details have finally come through and I can now reveal that I’m the newest and freshest* member of the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry. The IASYM is the association “for everyone who takes youth ministry seriously”: Our aim is to support and develop the professionalisation of… 

Rules: less is more…

Sound advice from an excellent article at Youth Specialties by Mark Marshall: “…broad rules encourage the development of wisdom rather than mere rule following.”Source: Rules: less is more… Advice I’ll be taking as we explore and define the rules for Friday Frenzy after Easter.

Happy Easter…

I know that I’m in danger of turning this site into a re-blog of the Savage Chickens website, but as long as Doug keeps producing excellent cartoons, I’ll keep posting my favourites here: Happy Easter!

Ouch!

Don’t blink or you’ll miss it: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6CnK7O9QNM]

Advice for life…

As we travel through life we all learn lessons which should inform the rest of our time on the planet – and the longer we live the more we learn. To assist the younger members of the audience check out this list of ‘16 things it takes most of us 50 years to learn‘. Read and inwardly digest it or… 

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Religion in Britain Since 1945: believing… – Google Book Search Required reading for one of my modules next term – full content available on Goodle Books. (tags: required reading cym) Mission-Shaped Church Required reading for one of my modules next term – full content available online. (tags: required reading cym pdf)

Cryogenics

Whatever your personal position on cryogenics (or cryonics to be more precise), you have to concede that Doug Savage is a genius:

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Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet Keyboard and Mouse shortcuts and other reference information. You never know when you’re going to need it. (tags: firefox reference cheatsheet tips)

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Quick-Open Wrapping, or How I Learned to Love the Rip-Cord How to enable people to get to the presents even faster next Christmas… (tags: howto christmas wrapping gift lifehacks) space invaders game animated with real people Some people simply have too much time on their hands – and I’m totally jealous ;o) (tags: video fun cool)