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• 07.22.08
  The Blog Suffereth
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  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. ...
  
  
• 06.18.08
  Back to Reality
  Personal, Uncategorized (0)

  Got back from vacation yesterday, so I'm trying to get all caught up today, since I have to head out for a mission trip next week. Vacation was lots of good food, good weather, good times, good rest, good company, good everything in the Bahamas for five nights. I did a lot of sitting on the beach reading N.T. Wright's Surprised by Hope (Yes, you do need to read it. Definitely a more important book than Surprised by Hope Simply Christian). Wright, the beach, and a margarita. Great way to unwind. And from reading my Bloglines ...
  
  
• 06.09.08
  Books, Books, Books…
  Books, Personal (0)

  Finished a few books in the past week or so: Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends, by Kevin Vanhoozer, ed. This is a great book on how to make theological sense of culture. Vanhoozer writes the introductory essay that outlines his method for such interpretation, and is worth buying the book. As you might expect (for those familiar with Vanhoozer), he orients his method within speech-act theory and the locution, illocution, and perlocution of a text or trend. It is a nuanced and balanced way to think about culture, much better than approaches ...
  
  
• 05.19.08
  Under the Gun…
  Personal (0)

  So, don't plan on any blogs today or tomorrow. I have a final paper to finish writing for my seminary class and it is due tomorrow. I'm not near where I wanted to be by now, so blogging gets the boot. See ya Wednesday.
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
• 05.12.08
  My Top Ten Movies
  Personal, Random (5)

  I've been tagged to post my top ten favorite movies.  Since I'm not a big movie buff, the following list will be something more along the lines of "first ten movies than come to mind," which might, by the sheer power of the subconscious, also be my top ten favorite movies. Top Gun Smokey and the Bandit (The first.  Two and three were horrible.) Ghostbusters Juno The Patriot The Bourne trilogy Hotel Rwanda O Brother, Where Art Thou Batman Mean Girls (No, I'm not kidding.  The insight into teen culture is sheer brilliance.) Wow, that's an interesting list.  Don't judge me. Up next I tag my usual crew: Noah, Sadie, Brit, Rusty ...
  
  
• 05.04.08
  I Don’t Understand Twitter…
  Personal, Random (2)

  ...but it's finally starting to catch on pretty big.  I'll have to give it a shot and see what I think.
  
  
• 05.02.08
  Earning My Lutheran Credentials
  Personal (1)

  A little personal news: So, I was one of our church's two official delegates to our Synod Assembly last weekend, which means I got to vote on stuff for our synod. While I was there, my pastors nominated me to a position (under-30 lay male) that would allow me to be one of our synod's delegates to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2009 (which means I would get to vote on churchwide ELCA stuff). And guess what? I won the election. Watch out ELCA, here I come.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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