“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
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.
Here’s my submission for this week’s Photo Friday.
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…
Taken at Stockbridge Down, Hampshire
Sorry if that’s spoilt it for anyone…
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.
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!
Don’t blink or you’ll miss it: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6CnK7O9QNM]
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…