The following is a guest post by Michele McGraw. Michele is part of the youth ministry staff at Grace Covenant Church. Her post is part of the on the go training that we give adult leaders in our youth ministry. The principles should be transferrable to other youth ministries with small group programs. Scripted Drama […]
Author Archives: Eddy Barnes
Three Thoughts about E-Book vs. Books
Technology has been a staple in my life. I went to college to study Computer Science and for almost a decade, I’ve worked professionally with technology. I value a good innovation. Technology can make tedious or time-consuming tasks quick, interesting, even engaging. But sometimes it gets in the way. Recently, my family was given Kindle […]
A Short Book Review: Wordsmithy by Doug Wilson
Have you ever toyed with the idea of writing? Is the art of wedding words one that you would like to master? Do you appreciate a good metaphor? Then you ought to read Wordsmithy by Doug Wilson. It’s a short book (128 pages) with seven chapters that Wilson describes as “Hot Tips for the Writing […]
Youth Ministry Leadership Quick Tip: Look at the Long-term
I love reading how-to books. They’re usually clear, straight-forward, and easy to apply. You can pick up a book on “Home Improvement for Dummies” and after reading a few pages, you’ve probably read enough to do something. Maybe not necessarily well or right, but you can go from reading to action relatively quickly. There’s a […]
Three Thoughts about Editing Your Writing
Sir, Yes Sir! When I was in eighth grade, I had a drill sergeant for an English teacher. She took a rag-tag group of grammatically-ignorant thirteen-year-olds and whipped us into a lean, mean, sentence-graphing machine. Or at least I think that was her intention. In reality, I don’t know how effective she was. Because I […]