Multi-Media clips for Easter Service

Need some multi-media resources for a school or church Easter service? Look no further than http://www.worshiphousemedia.com/mini-movies Great quality presentations that will support your Easter presentation.  I used a couple last year and plan to use some this year as well.
Image from ‘3 days later’ movie.

Why are Young People Leaving the Church?

I have been doing alot of thinking about why young people are drifting away from the church. There are many reasons and each case has different circumstances and factors, however, I believe there are a few main reasons that we should be aware of as Chaplains (or people who have an interest in seeing young people [...]

Psalm 14:1 “There is no God”

 
Psalm 14:1 says “There is no God”.    Of course, we can make the Bible say anything we like if we take a verse out of context. The previous verse taken in context says “Only a fool says in his heart, there is no God” – changes the meaning significantly doesn’t it?
There are [...]

Ignatius – Chaplain satire

A friend of mine – John – who is a Youth Pastor, posted this video on his facebook site today. Its called Ignatius. Here is what the produces of the video say about it :
“This is a video we produced for a free event for youth ministers. It was conceived as a satire for what [...]

21st Century Bible Maps

Remember those old maps in the backs of the Bible?  The ones that always fell out after a few years of use?  The ones that traced the path of the Israelites or Paul’s journeys?  OpenBible.info has developed a very cool online tool aligning GoogleEarth with the Bible.  Thanks to the intricacies of Google and geocoding, [...]

Answered Prayer

3 days a week, before school at 8:25 I meet with students to pray for 15 minutes. I have anywhere from 5 to 30 students turn up.
I have come up with a strategy for each day to give us direction and focus (rather than just turning up and praying about whatever).
Tuesday we form groups of [...]

What does ‘The Fear’ tell us?

Does the media send us messages without many realising? Does the media inform the ‘norms’ of our society? I believe they do.
Alot of my students watch MTV and Video Hits. They are being bombarded with messages about what to value and what is important without even knowing it. The other day I was bopping along [...]

Who is your favourite preacher?

One of my favourite times of the week is when I get to go for a run through the national park that adjoins my house. I am blessed to live on the Northern Beaches of Sydney which is one of the most beautiful places in the world!! The national park follows a large expanse of water and [...]

Is the Virtual Church a REAL Church Community?

 
Douglas Estes is releasing a book on the Cyberchurch in a few months. Here is an interview taken from http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/  (which is a great blog by the way) where Douglas asks Andrew (who is tall skinny Kiwi) a few questions about virtual church.

Douglas: Is the virtual church a real/genuine church?
Andrew: Absolutely not. But neither is a physical gathering in a [...]

Being Missional

Showed this clip to some of my Christian leaders in the school to encourage them that its not all about trying to get their friends along to church but they must look around and see the opportunities that present themselves to reach out to their friends at school, playing sport, hanging at the beach etc
We [...]