12.04.2008
1. Moms & Pops Stuff
Moms & Pops Stuff is a great & free 3 page newsletter from FamilyBasedYouthMinistry.org with practical ideas for you to share with parents of teenagers.
Brenda runs WildFrontier and Family Based Youth Ministry and she pretty much rocks! She also will have a chapter in Tim Baker's upcoming YS book; The Youth Worker Book of Hope, along with me, matthew mcnutt and a many others, coming out in 09, I believe.
2. From Truth to Truth by John Fischer
It's best to not use the Bible as an authority when discussing religion with someone who doesn't accept it as such.
As Christians we make this mistake often. We use scripture to prove things without first finding out what authority, if any, a person accepts. When Paul spoke to stoic philosophers in Athens (Acts 17:16-34), he made reference to an idol from their own religion, one of their popular poets, and lots of common sense reason. In other words, he listened first, and found out what of their own culture was useful to him. (Read more)
Rice's 382 homers and 1,451 RBIs were tops among all American League hitters during his 16 years. Furthermore, Rice topped 20 homers 11 times, 100 RBIs eight times, was an All-Star eight times, hit .300 in seven seasons and he finished in the top five in the AL MVP voting six times. Also, Rice hit 39-plus homers four times, the most of anyone who played during his time period.
Rice was a beast who for years would be considered "on the fence" but I think this year (plus being 100% post steroid era) will be his year to enter baseball immortality beyond Boston.
4. Don't Like Reading? Read on. . . .
Just because you don’t enjoy reading a good book, doesn’t mean there aren’t many other uses for all of those books piled up in the attic.
This picture pales in comparison to the great art made from books but it's the one that I think I might want to try to make.
HT2 McNair
6. 4 Secrets for Massive Productivity
I had the chance to attend Don's Beat the Clock 2.5 day seminar while living in CT and this is well worth your time to listen to as you do things on your computer. Hit the play button on "Hear Don Wetmore Now"
7. MVPedroia! I called it a month before the season ended.
As Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe points out, Pedroia was the only player in the majors last season to finish with at least 175 hits, 75 runs, 75 RBIs, 15 homers, 20 stole bases while winning a Gold Glove.
12.03.2008
Here's something I did recently for our senior high group. We are studying Ephesians so I gave each person this (with the other chapters, too) and it's designed to be a way to help it be more of a group discovery project rather than just the teacher dispensning insight. I hope I have some insight but my desire was for it to be a community learning experience where we study or at least read individually then come together to discuss it.
The #'s you see next to Ephesians are boxes to check off how many times they read each chapter. Use it as you wish and if you have any thoughts, would love to hear them.
Ephesians: A Group Discovery & Discernment Worksheet
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What questions do I have from this chapter?
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What verse or verses stand out to me?
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What do I need to start doing in light of what this chapter says?
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What do I need to stop doing in light of what this chapter says?
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What do I need to pray about in light of what this chapter says?
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What is the Big Idea of this chapter?
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