When informed that child slavery exists in our world and that their slavery contributes to our ability to purchase inexpensive goods, people expressed surprise. Want to practice justice? Read this book. Begin to follow where it leads. Here’s a review from Theolog - the blog from the Christian Century.
October 8, 2009
On the shelf: Everyday Justice [...]
Just Guys
By Brad Griffin Kara Powell and copied from the Fuller Youth Institute website found at: http://fulleryouthinstitute.org/2009/08/just-guys/
August 31, 2009
What’s the deal with guys?
Recent research warns of the chronic underachieving, emotionally drifting, and irresponsible “Guyland” of male adolescence. But most of us in youth ministry don’t need research to tell us that there [...]
What do teachers make?
From the Jesus Creed blog, Friday August 14, 2009, posted by Scot McKnight
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education.
He argued, ‘What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in [...]
Sunday as I was preaching something struck me. We speak of Jesus being without sin in his relationship with God. There was never a time Jesus had to confess sin as we do. This is something you have heard before. I believe this is true of Jesus. But there is a complementary piece to this. [...]
Edwin Friedman composed a number of wise fables. One is about a moth that spends a whole day advising, nagging, talking at, a fly which flies against a window all day attempting to get out The fly does not change its behavior. When night falls it rests on the sill. The moth sees a light [...]
“Only Perfect Families attend our congregation here in Ann Arbor.” Ever feel like that this is what some people project? Well, maybe. Read the following post from Jim Martin. I think he hits the nail on the head.
One of the greatest myths about family is that somehow it is possible to experience a perfect family. [...]
A revered rabbi was dying. Known for his wisdom, especially displayed in his last years, a young rabbi went to visit him, hoping to learn a piece or two of wisdom.
“What”, he asked, “has been the most important lesson you have learned in life?”
The dying rabbi replied, “When I was a young rabbi I thought [...]
This morning for our Children’s Time in worship I asked the children to describe their mothers. I asked Al Staal, a word smith, to create a poem using these descriptions, which he did and here it is. Thanks to Al and to the children for their descriptions. Enjoy.
Mothers Day
Some Moms say that kids
are sugar and [...]
Youth Ministry is important. That’s a given in today’s church. Here’s a question/situation many churches find themselves in today. How do we mentor our youth into the full life of the church? There is a lot of discussion surrounding that and similar questions. Below you’ll find a discussion taken from the Jesus Creed blog where [...]