Minister for Youth & Young Adults

August 8, 2008

I put in my two weeks notice today at Apple. As much as I’d like to be working at the Apple Store and sharing about the products that I use every day and love, I’m also looking forward to being able to put to use my years of education and ministry experience.
Starting September 1st, I’ll [...]

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An Unexpected Gift

May 15, 2008

A few people have been asking about the weekend we just spent out in Berkeley, CA. Sarah and I flew out so I could interview for a high school youth ministry position at a large evangelical PC(USA) church in Berkeley. If you only want the short version of the story, the job didn’t work out. [...]

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Top 10 Youth Ministry Books

April 5, 2008

An Episcopal friend of mine recently received a call to a position that included doing some youth ministry, something that he’s never done before. He wrote asking for a recommendation of some youth ministry books that a more progressive person might be able enjoy reading and find fruitful. Some of these I’ve read, and some [...]

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Reflections on Being On-Call

August 1, 2007

It is 7.20am in the hospital and things are relatively quiet [I just used the "Q-Word" which can tend to jinx you at the hospital, but since I only have 1hr left of my last on-call, I think it's safe]. This morning at 8.30am I’ll hand over the on-call pager for the last time as [...]

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Leaving Church: A Review

May 13, 2007

The first Barbara Brown Taylor book I read was The Preaching Life which I instantly fell in love with. Taylor’s way of telling stories and making the text come alive is very engaging. Taylor serves as an Adjunct Professor of Christian Spirituality here at Columbia, so I was looking forward to hearing her preach while [...]

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Brian McLaren’s Lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary

November 16, 2005

Below is a link to download Brian McLaren’s lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Miller Chapel. McLaren lectured on “The Emerging Church and Mainline Theological Education.” It’s a phenomenal address and I encourage you to listen.
Enjoy.

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Princeton Presbyterians

September 12, 2005

Started with my Field Education placement yesterday morning - as most of you know, I’m working with a campus ministry group at Princeton University called Princeton Presbyterians. I’m very excited for this chance to test out my interest and potential calling to ministry to college/university students, and on this particular type of campus as well, [...]

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Memorial Day vs Pentecost

May 30, 2004

My pastor didn’t mention the word Pentecost once day. If I hadn’t mentioned it during the musical worship, and had one of our youth read the passage from Joel 2, no one would have known it was Pentecost. That seems totally weird to me. However, they threw me an amazing potluck after the service, gave [...]

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Sunday School

May 24, 2004

Had our last day of Sunday School this past Sunday. Didn’t feel like trying to just sit around and do another boring lesson that my kids wouldn’t be into…so we went to breakfast. I love these kids (even when they flip me off). Definitely going to miss them come a week when I drive home [...]

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Staff Meetings

May 13, 2004

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Staff meetings. What are your staff meetings like? Do they make your church feel more like a business…? A ministry? A safe place? A to-do checklist? Do you just do calendar stuff? Or talk about ministry? Pray? Discuss theology…?

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