Presence-Centered Youth Ministry by Mike King Mike King is a long time youth worker who brings 30 years of experience to this book. He shares his stories and frustrations with the way youth ministry has been run for year. And as he grew in maturity he began to boil down youth ministry to what heContinue reading “Presence-Centered Youth Ministry – Review”
Category Archives: Readings
Two Quick Reviews
Deep Ministry in a Shallow World. Chap Clark & Kara Powell.This is a great resource. Mainly because it asks the right questions. I would recommend this book to anyone who is trying to make their ministry more meaningful. The current journey we are in our ministry is trying to make it deeper and stronger andContinue reading “Two Quick Reviews”
Passion of Paul
So I just started reading Philippians in my Devo’s. And everytime I read this book I am amazed by Paul’s passion, perseverance, and hope. In Chapter one he says, “for me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” And he says that he is willing to continue to live so that he canContinue reading “Passion of Paul”
Hard Work or Difficult Work
In Free Prize Inside, Seth Godin make a very good distinction between Hard Work and Difficult Work. “I define difficult work as the stuff that takes guts or insight. It’s not dependent upon how big your budget is or where you got your degree. . . . Companies are pretty good at hard work. HardContinue reading “Hard Work or Difficult Work”
Purple Cow & The Radical Leap
So I recently finished two great books. First Purple Cow, written by Seth Godin. This book was really a marketing book, and I am not a professional marketer by any means. But the premise of this book applies to any organization. The best marketing is created by being remarkable, by being something that people wantContinue reading “Purple Cow & The Radical Leap”
Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches — Review
So the day before Kathy and I went on our mini-cation, I received a box of books I had ordered. The First one that I picked up was Listening to the Beliefs of the Emerging Church. I have read releases from all of the contributors except Karen Ward, so I was interested to see howContinue reading “Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches — Review”
This Beautiful Mess – Review
I just finished reading This Beautiful Mess by Rick McKinley. This is a great reminder that the Jesus said the Kingdom of God is at hand. We really can make a difference in this world for the Kingdom. Rick tells some incredible stories about how people have taken on the mission of building theContinue reading “This Beautiful Mess – Review”
This Beautiful Mess
I just recently started reading Rick McKinley’s Latest book, This Beautiful Mess. Rick pastors a church in Portland called Imago Dei. He shares a story about how when they first planted the church he felt like they weren’t going anywhere and so they had these repentance meetings. The people would come and pray and repentContinue reading “This Beautiful Mess”
Outbreak — Review
Just finished Outbreak by Greg Stier. This book looks at ways to increase evangelism through becoming viral. Greg Stier leads Dare 2 Share, which is a great ministry. This book however is not that great. there are some good points but many of those can be picked up from the section headings. I felt likeContinue reading “Outbreak — Review”
The Deity Formerly Known as God — Review
One of the most formative Classes I ever took at Northwest College was Old Testament Metaphors for God. This class taught me a lot more than word pictures. It taught me about how people think. Generally we think in pictures and when it comes to a topic like God, pictures are really the only wayContinue reading “The Deity Formerly Known as God — Review”
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