Ramblings On. . .

Mark Driscoll is one of the most influential pastors in the Seattle area, and arguably the country.  As he says he puts the fun in fundamentalism.  I’ve been listening to his sermons for years and I have read his blog and his books as they are available.  I have posted about some of my [...]

What is the Goal of your youth ministry?  Really, what is your goal?  When I first started working in ministry, my goal was growing my ministry.  There is nothing wrong with growing a ministry, but the question is what basis are you growing on?
That’s kind of what Jesus Centered Youth Ministry is trying to [...]

Tim Keller is a brilliant evangelical mind. With the heart of a pastor he writes a powerful, yet simple apologetic for the Christian faith. The book is divided into two parts. The first part looks at several of the protests against the Christian faith (and faith in general). Keller does a [...]

Last night while I was reading The Reasons For God by Tim Keller, I came across this quote and had to share it with you all.
What if, however, the essence of Christianity is salvation by grace, salvation not because of what we do but because of what Christ has done for us? Belief that [...]

Jesus For President is first of all a very beautifully designed book.  The layout and design help the book move along.  The pictures are very powerful.  The feel of the book is unique.  I couldn’t put it down because I kept wanting to see what the next page would hold visually.
But I also really [...]

David Allen is a productivity guru.  I first came across the GTD methodology from the bob.blog and then was further exposed to the ninjary by Merlin Mann at 43folders.  Ready for Anything is divided up into 52 short chapters and it can be viewed as the why behind all of the GTD methodology.  It [...]

On April 5th I was invited to facilitate a break out session of EVOKE 08.
As a thank you, last week I received a Barnes & Noble gift card.  I feel very loved.
these are the books I purchased

The Reason for God - Tim Keller
Ready for Anything - David Allen
Jesus for President - Shane Claiborne and Chris [...]

Seth Godin is a marketing genius.  This book is a reminder that Marketing is story telling, and the stories we tell need to be true and authentic.  We can’t tell other people’s stories and if our stories are false we will be found out.
As a church leader, it is imperative that the we tell first [...]

The God Who Smokes is a refreshing look at theology through Timothy Stoner’s personal experiences.  All of theology should apply to life and when you read The God Who Smokes I believe you will see all the various ways that God is talking to and revealing himself to you.
TGWS is a middle road between [...]

So I mentioned in my previous post that my geek-o-meter was off the charts.  And now I shall tell you why.
When I was at Northwest University, I knew a young man named Kengo.  Kengo was a Japanese student studying biblical literature, as was I.  I was always in awe of the library that he had [...]