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• 07.22.08
  The Blog Suffereth
  Blogging, Personal (0)

  In a 48 day span in June and July I have been or will be out of town for 27 days. It's been lots of fun, but also really busy. So, the blog suffereth as a result. A few random updates: Went Chicago and Carthage, TX on "mission trips." I'm still struggling with them and whether they are the best practice for our young people. Going to a wedding in Mexico soon. Should be fun. I'm reading Peter Rollins' new Fidelity of Betrayal. Interesting book. More thoughts on that to follow, hopefully. I'm preaching August 3rd. ...
  
  
• 05.16.08
  RSS Bloat and Youth Ministry Blogs
  Blogging, Personal, Random (2)

  For those who read my blog via RSS, you may not have noticed that my blogroll has grown quite a bit over the past few weeks. When I subscribe to a feed in bloglines, it automatically shows up in my blogroll in my sidebar. You might want to browse and see if anything interests you. For a long time I had pared down the blogs I follow via bloglines by over 50%. But lately, I've been hunting for some good youth ministry blogs and pretty much adding anyone and everyone that I come across. If you have ...
  
  
• 05.03.08
  What are the Best Youth Ministry Blogs?
  Blogging, Youth Ministry (0)

  To those who follow youth ministry blogs, what are some of the best ones you've come across? The ones I follow are in my sidebar, but I know there's got to be some other really great stuff out there. I like blogs that make you think and aren't satisfied with the status quo. Moderate to heavy doses of theology don't hurt, either. Drop any ideas in the comments.
  
  
• 04.16.08
  A Breath of Fresh Air
  Blogging, Personal (1)

  I've been really distracted lately, trying to do some random things with my time that have been really draining on me personally. I don't really want to get into specifics right now, but I was just too busy. My busyness gave me no time left over to do the things I've come to love doing over the past few years: reading books, checking out good blogs, writing, and generally dreaming about youth ministry and theology. The result was that I've been less-than-creative in my youth ministry job, generally unpleasant, and mildly unhappy. So this morning I said ...
  
  
• 04.09.08
  Updating
  Blogging, Personal (1)

  The productivity push went mildly well.  But, as you can tell, it looks like my productivity push has relegated blogging to its proper priority in my life, which is pretty low right now.  Maybe next week I can get back to writing. That is all.
  
  
• 12.10.07
  Meeting Your Neighbors
  Blogging, Personal (2)

  I've been busy lately. Very busy. I have somehow gotten involved in a group of about 30 people (and there might really be closer to 15 who are really working hard at this) who are trying to organize about 2,000 homeowners in our area in order to negotiate an agreement with gas companies who want to lease the mineral rights to our land. And it has picked up a lot of steam in the past 10 days. Among my tasks have been to create a website for the group (swapo.info), be personally responsible for informing 125 houses of what is going ...
  
  
• 11.28.07
  Welcome to MattCleaver.com!
  Blogging, Personal (7)

  So, here she is, the new blog. I decided to go with a self-hosted blog to give me the flexibility to do whatever I wanted, like put javascript in my sidebar. It's not too fancy, but this is a content-driven blog, not a place for me to perfect my Web 2.0 skills. So, I wanted a layout that would feature the content and be simple and easy to read, and I think this design works pretty well. It will likely undergo some minor tweaks in the near future, but I like it for the most part. So, subscribe ...
  
  
• 11.28.07
  Introducing MattCleaver.com
  Blogging, Personal (0)

  Mattopia.wordpress.com is now closed. Head on over to MattCleaver.com for my new blog. Don't worry, all my loyal fans. All the old content has been imported to the new site. And for the four of you who subscribe to the RSS feed, the new feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/mattcleaver.
  
  
• 11.27.07
  The Subversive Blogger Award
  Blogging (2)

  Check it out, I won an award. I never win awards. I'm going to have to call my mother. Jake Bouma has started a new blog meme of subversive bloggers. It's a pretty good list, so go check it out at Jake's blog. As a Subversive Blogger Award recipient I have certain duties that I must fulfill in order to retain the glory of the award, namely nominating five new subversive bloggers. My list: Cheaper than Therapy - Rick's political commentary is priceless. Inhabitatio Dei - Halden's blog pertains mostly to ecclesiology. Mark Riddle - Mark is a ...
  
  
• 11.20.07
  Posting Hiatus
  Blogging, Personal, Random (4)

  Chances are there won't be any new posts until the Monday after Thanksgiving.  I'll be busy visiting families, getting ready for our monthly Sunday night service, taking vacation, blah blah blah. If I do post, just consider it a gift.
  
  

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