Archives for: May 2008
My top five childhood heroes

Eagerly anticipating the release of the fourth Indiana Jones movie, I thought I’d do a bit of reminicing and with a smile and a tinge of ‘missing the good old days’ write a post on my top five childhood heroes…

5. Luke Skywalker

Coming in at number 5 is Luke the Jedi Knight. Star Wars (released in 1977) was the first movie [...]

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7 non-spiritual skills needed for pastoring youth

I was thinking the other day, about some of the “non-spiritual” skills that youth pastors need to have to be able to pastor youth well, but no one ever tells us that we need to have them until it’s too late. This post is dedicated to all the potential youth pastors out there…

The potential youth pastor must…

1. … know [...]

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Good reasons why I don’t like sharks

In 1975 the movie “Jaws” was released. I was too young too see it, being only 3 years old at the time. Interestingly enough, the film conjured up so many scares that beach attendance was down in the summer of 1975 due to its profound impact. When “Jaws 2″ screened my siblings (being a decade older than me), having [...]

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Sick of walking out of movies?

I grew up growing to the movies. My first movie was Star Wars, in 1977. My brother took me to see it. He was 12 and I was 3 and a half. Good times.
Fast forward to present day 2008 and I hardly go to the flicks anymore. Firstly, because it is too expensive, and secondly because Jesus wouldn’t watch [...]

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