Author Archives: jasondeuman

Weekend de-briefing

Well this was an event filled weekend.  Lot’s of fun, lot’s of laughs, and a stank-nasty gym floor.  Some of the students from our youth ministry headed over to Yakima to our networks youth conference.  I always enjoy these conferences because it energizes the leaders that go, and encourages students.  This year our guest speakerContinue reading “Weekend de-briefing”

Some blogs I have Been Reading

Hello Folks, I I have found some really great blogs and I thought I would post them for you.  I have done this before but I think it’s fun to share. First off though let me direct you to bloglines.  Bloglines is a service that subscribes to blogs and keeps you updated when new postsContinue reading “Some blogs I have Been Reading”

I didn’t think I would ever do this but,

I got wrapped up in a comment thread about Mark Driscoll’s statements at the Desiring God Conference.  I have held a pretty laid back commenting philosophy, really only commenting when I agree with the writer.  But I gues I have been a little antsy lately and when I read what some folks were saying IContinue reading “I didn’t think I would ever do this but,”

Dang, that’s good

I came across a post from Mark Batterson, about something that Greg Groeschel, said at the Catalyst Conference.  I love the blogosphere. I love this thought Craig shared about one of his ministry “failures.” His student group grew backwards and someone said to him: if you blame yourself for the decline you’ll be tempted toContinue reading “Dang, that’s good”

What’s next

Interesting Article from Christianity Today: What’s Next: Youth I think youth ministry is something that is always evolving always changing.  When you are dealing with students who change their favorite musical preference more often than their socks it’s really hard to nail down one definite way to do ministry.   But this article has some goodContinue reading “What’s next”

Some Days Are Better Than Others

This is probably my favorite song off of U2’s Zooropa, it’s going through my head today.  Some days are dry, some days are leaky Some days come clean, other days are sneaky Some days take less, but most days take more Some slip through your fingers and onto the floor Some days youre quick, but most daysContinue reading “Some Days Are Better Than Others”