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December
2011
(originally published on Oct 2, 2009 but revised and updated on December 2, 2011) I heard it said recently that cellphones have become the electronic pacifier of the 21st century. Wow! Yes…that is true. We have students that cannot be without their cell phone. As a girls minister, we have seen this to be a
02
December
2011
Judges 17:6 This was before kings ruled Israel, so all the Israelites did whatever they thought was right . (originally published on January 7, 2011. Reposted with extra links) I was reading this passage today and recognized that for many of us, we know a “little princess” who lives this out on a day by
25
March
2011
This week I was helping some friends out with their facebook profiles and teaching them some basics via a screencast. As I was walking through the process, I realized that this video might be helpful to student ministers who have parents unfamiliar with facebook or maybe it will save you a confusing conversation with your
15
March
2011
This year, I did something a little different with our leaders meeting before our girls retreat. I recorded it and sent out a password protected video link that had a biblestudy and schedule attached. It was well received as it allowed each leader the chance to “meet” with me on their own time. As there
19
February
2011
This week has been a crazy one. Not only are we getting ready to have our girls retreat the week after we have our guys retreat, but we have to fit in 11 interviews for our summer interns in two weeks. On top of that we have a minister’s spiritual retreat and a discipleship retreat.
07
February
2011
I’m sure it’s happened to you. It’s a Wednesday night, and a mom comes up to you wanting to know if you have a bible study for her daughter that you could recommend. Same day, (cuz you’re just really popular) a teenaged girl is wanting to find a resource to help her understand theology, and
16
January
2011
Facebook has been a helpful tool in communicating with family, friends, students, and parents. Prior to facebook, it was extremely difficult to capture photos from participants of retreats or mission trips. In fact, often you would need to have a photo event to receive copies. You wouldn’t get your photos until days, weeks, months after
One of the things I have most enjoyed using in 2010 was this real-time group communications tool via my phone called GROUPME. It’s free and it has been amazing with many different uses. Our student ministry staff no longer uses text messaging as our means of communicating with each other because this has been so
08
March
2010
This is a new app only available on iphones right now but it allows a person to erase texts you’ve sent on another person’s cell phone. Interestingly named Tigertext. The company that released it promises that it was not named after Tiger Woods but ironically it would have been a program he would’ve benefitted from. I
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January
2010
The term social suicide is one that has been around for awhile. I looked up the most popular definition on The Urban Dictionary and this is the one that rose to the top: SOCIAL SUICIDE: commiting an act or acts that alienates one from their social scene or social circle to kill one’s social life