Archive for May, 2008
Facebook As A Tool For Leader Recruitment
I live in Orlando, home of the largest public university in the state of Florida, UCF. There are approximately 50K students enrolled, and last year we had 2 of them in our YL leadership program. 2!
The previous year we had a large class of students go through new leader training, and that class has become [...]
Cornhole for Camp
I’m a little behind the times and played my first game of cornhole during a tailgate party at last years Florida/Georgia game.  (This picture has nothing to do with cornhole, but it was my favorite image during the game. I saw it a lot.)
Anyway, Cincinatti YL is having a cornhole tournament to raise money for kids [...]
Youth Culture Links
Going where kids are? They are on their cell phones.
One reason I love Young Life is that we let kids be kids. Jesus said that we should become like children, but in our society kids are growing up way to fast.
Statistics about e-mail use, social networking (myspace & facebook), blogging, & podcast downloads. Where is [...]
Pre-Teen Eating Disorders
Eating disorders has always been an important topic to discuss with teenagers, but according to a new study children as young as 8-years old are being diagnosed with anorexia.
As a guy this is an issue that’s been very foreign & uncormfortable for me to discuss. Honestly, I just don’t get it, but that’s no excuse [...]
The Emergent Church…Reason over Jesus?
I didn’t used to have any idea what the Emergent Church was, and I sort of liked the Noomla videos that Rob Bell put out. That was until I started hearing about some of the things Bell preaches. That’s when I started asking some serious questions about what the Emergent Church is and how it [...]
Sad News – Steven Curtis Chapman Family Tragedy
Steven Curtis Chapman’s 5-year old daughter, Maria, was killed yesterday in a tragic car accident. Chapman’s teenage son was driving the SUV that struck her in the family drive way. Please keep their family in your prayers.
Myspace For Your Pet
My dogs eat poop. I’m not particularly fond of either one of them, but when I saw this I thought it might be the solution to all my problems. I know how much facebook has helped me feel better about myself. Who can have a poor self esteem when they have 328 close dear friends.
So, [...]