The Geographic Spread of Religion
A fascinating animation of the geographic spread of religion (via ThinkChristian):
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Different Christmas
Yesterday I lad the Brigade Service at Church on the theme of “A Different Christmas”. We had a quiz based around the following Christmas statistics (source) and then reflected on them and what they say about how we ‘celebrate’ Christmas: £600 million – spent on decorations annually 2 million metres – of fairy lights put up each year 15 hours…
Questionable Ethics
This is a poster I created in 2005 to “encourage” some of our young people to get involved in the planning discussion for our Christmas Event.Just as well I’m doing an ethics module next term.
Definition of a Leader
“A leader is not a person who can do the work better than his followers; he is the person who can get this followers to do the work better than he can.” – Fred Smith – Preaching to Express, not Impress
It’s Official…
In the words of James Morrison, I’m not lost, just undiscovered… Take the test for yourself.
Play-Doh Animation
Not only is this another awesome video from the Bravia people, but it’s also something we’re planning to try at Amicus only in a slightly less ambitious scale: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFgBMtIawqU] Some of the details of the creation process are available in an interview with the Animation Director of the advert, Darren Walsh, over at the Creative Review blog.
Custard Church
At Uni on Tuesday we were discussing Pete Ward‘s book ‘Liquid Church‘ and critiquing the premise it contains: “a vision for how the church can embrace the liquid nature of culture rather than just scrambling to keep afloat while sailing over it. Pete Ward presents his vision of a Liquid Church that addresses the needs of the isolated consumer-Christian by…
Preaching: Approval and Applause
“If I’m to preach to people effectively, I must be freed from my need for their approval and applause. As long as I am chained to that need, then my preaching will really be trying to fill up something in me that I can never fill.”Source: Out of Ur – Out of Context: John Ortberg
“epiphanot”
Word of the day from Urban Dictionary: epiphanot An idea that at first seems like an amazing insight (at least to the conceiver) but later turns out to be pointless, mundane, stupid, or incorrect, and often is the root cause of bad decisions. Mostly occurs under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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.