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Technology in Ministry
 Leveraging Social Media to Multiply a Missional Team
 Taking the Fear Out of Blogosphere
 Where Did I Put That Again?
Spiritual Formation
 What Are We, Acrobats?
 From a Mom’s Perspective
 Indoctrinated or Educated?
 Maintenance by the Numbers
 Companions in Ministry
 Tossing Aside the Tract
 Miracle Boy
 For Now
 What Would Jesus Do?
 The Obesity Epidemic
 The Disciple as Refuge
 Every Youth Pastor’s Battle
 Giving It a Rest
 Feeling Like A Failure
 The Disciple As Wanderer
Hot Topics
 Is Living Together Really a Big Deal?
 From the “Mystery of Me” to the “Mission of We”
 Dealing with Teen Pregnancy
 Youth Ministry and Narrative Intelligence
 The Authority of Scripture
 Mission Field or Milieu?
 Threads of Thinking
 Reconsidering the “Non-Negotiables”
 The Flattening of Youth Ministry
 Reinterpreting the Law
Theological Themes
 The Doctrine Debate
 Toward A More Missional Approach
 Marketing Jesus or Making Disciples
 Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?
 Does Your Church Smell?
 The Paradox of Phariseeism
 Going Green
 Simple but Not Easy
 Stretched Beyond Usefulness
 What’s So Great about a Balanced Life?
 A Little Eavesdropping
 The Top 12 Most Humorous Scriptures ...And Why It’s Okay to Laugh at Them
 The Problem with Relational Ministry
 I’m Not Just Kidding
 Re-Imagining the Four Spiritual Laws: A New Kind of Evangelism for a New Generation
 The Greatest Evangelistic Opportunity the Church Has Ever Missed (and Why We’re Missing It)
 Street Skate
 The Journey of Life
 Making the Most of Summer Camp
 Surfing Lessons
 Secrets for the Long Haul
 Ebb & Flow
 Still Crazy after All These Years
 Is Theologically Rigorous Youth Ministry an Oxymoron?
 Vertical Worship
 Confessions, Memoirs, and Meanderings of a Big-Event Minister
 Fair Dinkum Youth Ministry
 Lessons from Pentecost and Motion Pictures
 It’s a Both-And Thing
 More Than a One-Night Stand
 Buns Charades versus Acts 2
 Bridges & Barriers
 The Fluidity of Faithfulness
Youth Ministry Research
 Revisiting our Definition of Family
 Parents Who Fight, Kids Who Hurt
Practical Advice
 Signs that a youth leader is lacking maturity and healthy adult relationships
 Tending the Temple: Can I Be Selfish?
 Domesticated Prophets
 Launching High School Small Groups
 Challenge: To Get Your Youth to Gain From Sunday Church
 One Youth Worker’s Journey into Special-Needs Youth Ministry
 Youth ministry - what should it look like?
 Tending the Temple: The RED Light
 Talking to Parents about Teen Sexuality
 Avoiding Burnout
 Camp Is Where It All Began
 Why I’m Not Going Back to that Youth Group
 Helping Kids Discover Their Callings
 Rules of Engagement
 Overcoming Obstacles
 Graduating from Church
 Slowing Down
 Joy Comes in the Morning
On the Lighter Side
 Evangelism Happens
 Journey Tales
 In Continents: Going into All the World
Media
Book Reviews
 Book Review - The Youth Worker Book of Hope
 "Under the Covers" Books March/April08
 Book Review: Getting Students to Show Up
 “Under the Covers” Books Sep/Oct 2007
Music Reviews
 "Under the Covers" Music March/April08
 "Under the Covers" Music Nov/Dec07
 “Under the Covers” Music Sep/Oct 2007
Movie Reviews
 The Book of Eli
 Movie Review - 9
 Movie Review - Avatar
 "The Blind Side"
 'A Christmas Carol'
 Where the Wild Things Are
 Movie Review - G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
 There's little to salvage from this 'Terminator'
 Movie Review - Taken
 Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire
 Movie Review: Gran Torino
 Movie Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still
 Movie Review: Four Christmases
 Movie Review: Cadillac Records
 Movie Review: Twilight
 Movie Review: Max Payne
 Movie Review: Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
 Movie Review: Traitor
 Movie Review: Burn After Reading
 Movie Review: The House Bunny
 Movie Review: Henry Poole Is Here
 Movie Review: Swing Vote
 Movie Review: The X-Files: I Want to Believe
 Movie Review: The Dark Knight
 Movie Review: Hancock
 Movie Review: Wanted
 Movie Review: The Hulk
 Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
 Movie Review: Street Kings
 Movie Review: Expelled
 Movie Review: Superbad
 Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 Movie Review: 21
 Movie Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
 Movie Review: Iron Man
 Movie Review: Never Back Down
 Movie Review: The Brave One
 Movie Review: 3:10 to Yuma
 Movie Review: Halloween
 Movie Review: I Am Legend
 Movie Review: Beowulf
 Movie Review: Awake
 Movie Review: Juno
 Movie Review: Cloverfield
 Movie Review: U2 3D
Artists Spotlight
 Making an Impact
 Ten Artists Impacting Your Youth : March08
 Music to Change Lives
Youth Culture
Trends
 Youth Ministry 3.0
 Old Sesame Street Episodes: For Adults Only?
 The Drop in Abortions: Better Prevention or Changing Attitudes?
 Getting into College Getting Harder
 Teenage Girl’s Suicide Spurs War on Child Prostitution
 The Quest for “Facebook-Worthy” Romances
 First English-Language Bible May Have Sparked Fundamentalism
 Move Over Halo?
 Novel Program Aims to Prevent HIV among Runaways
 Civil Rights Controversy among Louisiana Youths
 Is Rap Cleaning Up Its Act?
 Faith-Based Social Networking Alternatives
 MySpace Finds and Deletes More Than 29,000 Profiles of Registered Sex Offenders
 Harry Potter “Subtly but Unmistakably Christian”
Statistics
 Global Survey Reveals Teenagers’ Sex Practices
 Millions of Youth Use Cold Meds to Get High
 U.S. School Slayings Down
 College Students—Including Females—More Accepting of Porn
 Study: “Growing Up” Coming Later
 All About Instant Messages
 Video Games and Adolescents Practically Synonymous
 Teenagers Couldn’t Live without Cell Phones
 Kids’ Wellness
Quotes
 May I Quote U? Mar/Apr 2008
 May I Quote U? Jan/Feb 2008
 May I Quote U? Sept/Oct 2007
Research
 Youth Drinking May Lead to Bad Hearts, Strokes in Adulthood
 Teenage Risk Factors for Schizophrenia Identified
 Study: Unpopular Girls Gain More Weight
 Study: Poor Eating Not to Blame for Poor Kids’ Obesity
 Childhood Food Allergies Harder to Outgrow
 Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Rates Up
 Childhood Cancer Death Rate Declines Sharply
 Unmarried Mother Population Hits Record
 Study: Abstinence-Only Programs Don’t Curb Teenage Sex
 Drinking at Home
 Support for Gay Adoption on the Rise
 Evolution and the Presidential Election
Stranger Than Fiction
 Kids Caught Up in “Castle” Scheme
 Students Paid to Study
 The “Meanest Mom on the Planet”
 Santa Loses His “Ho Ho Ho” Down Under…
 School Hugging = Trouble Yet Again
 Sir Paul’s Ex Just Can’t Seem to Settle (When Cash Isn’t Involved)
 Phony Priest Runs Up Supermarket Tab
 Muslim/Christian Episcopal Priest on the Outs
 The Sticky Issues Surrounding Digital Bible Protocol

Blogs

 13,088 Songs in iTunes
 7 benefits of shutting down your youth ministry for the summer
 @ Willow Creek
 A Father's Hurt...
 A Good Tired
 A Match Made In Heaven
 A Somewhat Cliche Thanksgiving Blog
 A Stepping Stone
 Abstract Youth Ministry
 Alternative Ending
 Amoeba Tag is Jesus' Favorite Game.
 An Adjective for Saturday
 Ask them for the commitment...
 Attending To What's Really Important
 Banking on More Than Wishful Thinking
 Be Careful Where You Park
 BE: Interested
 Beggars Make Us Choosers
 Believing in students...
 Best Tips & Ideas from 2009
 Breastplate Of Love
 Breathing Cold Air
 brief thoughts for a new youth pastor…
 But Now I See
 Call to Greatness
 Cannonball!!!!
 Cheap Streak...
 Christmas and The Truth
 Completely Defeated
 Conference Giving (vs. Getting)
 Crossing the Creep Line
 Discernment
 Discipleship, Unorthodox Jew Style
 Don't Forget the Big Event
 Don't Forget the Little Things
 Don't give up on Santa without a fight
 Don't Judge The Cake By The Frosting
 e(vil)Harmony and relationships
 e(vil)Harmony and Relationships Pt. 2
 e(vil)Harmony and Relationships Pt. 3 (A biblical look)
 Each One Can Leach One
 Eclipse Tea
 Election 2008: One Nation Under God
 Faith
 Faith Freaks...
 Faith That Works
 Family (Man?)
 Fifteen Years Ago Today
 Find a Mentor
 Finding God when you walk your dog
 Fine Tuning
 Friends Coming Together
 FW: FW: FW: FW:
 Games You Can't Play With Youth Groups!!
 Get the door, it's the Mormons
 God Bless The Broken Toe
 Going Green the "Old School" Way
 good friday... not really
 Grace Hums.
 Hanging Around
 Happy Anniversary Grace Church
 Have You Ever Looked Up to a 7th Grader?
 Here.
 Hidden Histories Of Contemporary Christian Music
 Hidden Histories Of Contemporary Christian Music. Part 3
 Hidden Histories Of Contemporary Christian Music. Part 2
 His call to serve the poor
 Hope
 How (Not) to be a Redemopublicrat Student Minister
 How a season of evaluation transformed our jr. high ministry
 How Did They Do It?
 How Long, oh Lord?
 How To Grow (This blog might lead you nowhere.)
 I Am Man, Hear Me Roar.
 I'm Dumb, But Not That Dumb
 Idillic
 If Your Youth Ministry Were a Website...
 Inclusive Jesus Statues
 Is "True Love Waits" really Christian?
 It's not a bad life
 Jesus For Sonny
 Jesus Was Smart
 Jumping For Jesus
 Just Go Limp...
 Justice...Delivered Daily.
 Keep your leaders in "the know"
 Keeping Your Job and Your Sanity
 Late night thoughts...
 Leading a tribe
 Legacy
 Lent, Running, and New Creation
 Lessons from Israel
 Lessons from Larry
 Let It Rain!
 Life After Conferences...
 Lindsay Lohan and the Church
 Living in My Gifts
 Living Missionally vs. Doing Evangelism
 Longevity
 Longing and belonging
 Looking Through Despair Toward Hope This Advent
 Lost Coins and Eternity
 Lunch with a Legend
 Making Your New Year's Resolutions A Reality
 Master of Nothing
 Mile 20!
 Mission the Point.
 Mission the Point: Part II
 Misty Mountains
 More Bible Creepiness
 More than just a song
 Moving from stop to go
 My Dumbest Things List
 My Lectio Divina experience
 My Messenger
 My Mom & Cancer
 My Mom Rocks!
 My priorities need an adjustment
 My Rock
 Nothing to Say
 Now and Then
 Of Silly String, Super Soakers and Prayer
 Ok Lazarus, come on out!
 On Mark Oestreicher leaving YS
 On The Edge
 One Body, Different Parts
 One More week!
 One Size Does Not Fit All and That is OK!
 ONE THING that is needed
 Other Ideas...
 Our view of God and prophecy
 Parents take responsibility!
 Partnering with Other Churches and Ministries
 Postcard from Alaska
 POWER
 Praying for Puberty
 Prepare for Jesus Birth
 Proud Papa Moment
 Rebuked
 Remedy Club Tour CD/DVD
 Riding the Trains
 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
 Running Scared
 Scars to Prove It
 Searching for normal
 Seeing Has Nothing To Do With Believing.
 Separated by a parking lot but we were miles away...
 Side by Side
 Signs
 Singing with Mr. Rogers
 So You Think You Can Tweeter
 Social Networking and Ministry
 Some thoughts from the recent Chapman family tragedy
 Sometimes you just gotta jump...
 Stay Out of Blind Triangles
 Staycation
 Still hanging on
 Stones and Coats
 Stuff I Learned At Camp Last Week
 Such A Time As This
 Summer TV: The Secret Life of the American Teenager
 Surprised by Shopping!
 Taking a breath
 Teaching teens in their mode of learning
 Team Accountability
 Teenagers and Domestic Violence
 Telling the WHOLE truth
 Ten Indications a Retreat/Camp Is NOT Going to be Awesome
 Thankful for a thankless job
 Thanking the Machine
 The Appreciation Will Come.
 The bad American
 The Blessing of Criticism
 The Clean-up
 The Day After My Wedding
 The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
 The Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains
 The Most Important Thing I Did This Week
 The most loved guy on earth
 The New Season
 The Rest of Us
 The Sweatiest Place On earth
 The Underbelly of Youth Ministry
 There's a War Going On...
 Thoughts about the ongoing Israeli conflict
 Trash Talk
 Trusting Walls
 Trying To Help
 Understanding Satan
 Urinary Tract Infection
 Waiting Games
 We didn't...
 Week One for Our New President
 Weekend @ Foward 08 Conference
 What Are You Giving Up?
 What Do I Get Today?
 What Do Transvestites and Teenage Boys Have in Common?
 What I said was “Gosh dang’ it!” but what I meant to say was…
 What I Would Tell a Pastor If Ever Asked
 What If?
 What The Tiger Drama Show Us About Ourselves
 What to do with your hands
 What's Next?
 What's the Job of the Church?
 When 1 Metaphor Isn’t Enough
 Where Bible Study Starts
 Who Knows
 Who's My Neighbor?
 Why CLEAR communication is important.
 Why I ended my relationship with Facebook
 Why Teens and Parents Won't Commit
 Why was the Saddleback Forum important?
 Why We Do It
 Willow Creek, Day 1
 Willow Creek, Day 2
 Willow Creek, Main Session 1 Debrief
 Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner: How The Movie 21 Inspired Me
 X
 Ya Gotta Have (Real) Friends
 You've Got a Story to Tell
 Youth Ministry & the Departing Youth Worker
 Youth Ministry Heartburn
 Youth Ministry Parenting 101
 Youth Ministry Tips From A Potty Mouthed Scotsman

Authors

 Aaron Giesler
 Aaron Lee
 Adam McLane
 Adam Owens
 Adam Short
 Alex Dolin
 Alicia Claxton
 Allen Tyger
 Amanda Cash
 Amy Jacober
 Andrew Root
 Andrew Tatum
 Andy Jack
 Archie Honrado
 Ashley Engleford
 Bart Campolo
 Becky Jackson
 Ben Redmond
 Bo Boshers
 Bo Cassell
 Bob Ayres
 Brandon Riley
 Brenda Seefeldt
 Brian Ford
 Brooklyn Lindsey
 Caleb Shoemaker
 Cara Hoekstra
 Chad Miller
 Chris Szulwach
 Christian Hamaker
 Christine Thiele
 Christopher Surigao
 Chuck Bomar
 Connie Neal
 Corey Gibson
 Craig Daugherty
 Dale Tadlock
 Danette Matty
 Danny Kwon
 Darren Tyler
 Dave Rahn
 Dave Urbanski
 Dave Wright
 David Fraze
 David R. Smith
 Derek Elkins
 Dick Tubbs
 Doug Blankenship
 Drew Sams
 Gerrard Fess
 Ginger Sinsabaugh MacDonald
 Glen Van Cise
 Grahame Knox
 Greg Stier
 Hank Hilliard
 Heather Flies
 Isaac Arten
 James Carmichael
 Jason Borton
 Jay Delp
 Jay Phillippi
 Jeannie Oestreicher
 Jennifer Bradbury
 Jeremy Del Rio
 Jerry Varner
 Jesse Browning
 Jesse Wilson
 Jessica Robin
 Jim Hemenway
 Jim Kast-Keat
 Joan Snyder
 Joby Brown
 Joe Moore
 John Mulholland
 Jonathan McKee
 Josh Miller
 Josh Tinley
 Joshua and Dayna Miles
 Justin Douglas
 Kara Powell
 Karen Norval
 Ken Moser
 Kevin Hendricks
 Kevin Young
 Kyle Bueermann
 Kyle Strickland
 Lem Usita
 Len Evans
 Leneita Fix
 Lindsay Walker
 Mark Earley
 Mark Oestreicher
 Mark Salazar
 Matt Cleaver
 Michael Trent
 Michael-David Morales
 michelle bone
 Mike King
 Mike Thurman
 Movie Review TS
 Nikomas Perez
 Pat Schatzline
 Patrick Scriven
 Patty Moliterno
 Paul Turner
 Relevant Media
 Rene Rochester
 Rick Gebauer
 Ronnie Caldwell
 Ryan Arnold
 Sandra Garman
 Scott Meier
 Scott Mills
 Scott Russ
 Sean McDowell
 shane magee
 Shannon Ethridge
 Shauna Pierre
 Shawn Harrison
 Smitty Wheeler
 Stephen Hicks
 Steve Argue
 Steve Case
 Steven Bonner
 Steven Turner
 Tammy Jo Reiser
 Terrace Crawford
 Tim Alexander
 Tim Baker
 Tim Schmoyer
 Timothy Ferguson
 Titus Benton
 Todd Pearage
 Todd Ruth
 Tom Pounder
 Tommy Vowell
 Tony Jones and Sean McDowell
 Tony Woodlief
 Valorie Burton
 Will Penner