Levi, Playgirl, and Youth Culture. . . .
My buddy Andy Brazelton from Simply Youth Ministry has been in town visiting us at CPYU for the last couple of days. Since this is his first-time here in Central Pennsylvania and the Lancaster County area, he’s got lots of…
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The Before and After Thanksgiving. . . .
Even though I’ve discovered it’s sometimes incredibly painful, I want to keep being an “after” guy. I look at the “befores” of my life and I’m not happy they were ever there. I’m grateful for the transformational interventions that have…
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Home Run. . . Keller! . . .
Since the release of his bestseller The Reason For God, Tim Keller has been on my list of “be sure to recommend and read everything he writes” list of authors. There are lots of books in the world and lots…
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13 Hours of Musical Ecstasy. . . .
I experienced a wonderful and long overdue musical convergence this weekend. Sitting on either side of my Saturday night sleep were two musical moments that initially might sound like something from opposite ends of the musical spectrum, but were actually…
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Devil Music? . . . .
Last Saturday I sat in on a very interesting group during the Open Source afternoon at the National Youthworkers’ Convention in Cincinnati. One of the participants had suggested a discussion on “Teens and Media” that caught my attention. I wandered…
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Dear Youthworker. . . . About YS. . . . And Thanks Doug!
There are two voices in this blog today. . . . Walt:I’ve now had a little more than a week to process, discuss, and try to sort out what I think about the big changes announced last week at Youth…
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Stewards Past, Present, and Future. . . .
The November/December Youthworker Journal showed up in our mailbox yesterday. Much to my surprise and delight, the cover featured these words right there across the bottom: “Walt Mueller Gets Rich.” Wow! Well, the “Wow!” lasted about three-quarters of a second…
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Walkoff! . . . .
It’s early afternoon and I just climbed out of bed a couple of hours ago. I didn’t climb into bed until 3am after a long solo drive home from witnessing not only Phillie baseball history, but baseball history. Thanks to…
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Read These. . . .
I love a good and inspiring book. I’m guessing you do too. So. . . . I want to pass on recommendations for a couple of new books that I’ve read that I’m encouraging others to read as well. You…
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Watching Letterman. . . .
I’m a big fan of David Letterman’s comedic style and genius. While I had seen Letterman on The Tonight Show in the late 70s, what I remember most about those early years is tuning in during the summer of 1980…
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Have You Got 20 Minutes? . . .
My co-worker Derek Melleby started our CPYU Bookshelf blog because of a question we get asked over and over: “What are you reading?” It’s a place where we share thoughts, reflections, and recommendations on stuff we’ve read that we think…
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Rick Warren And Seminary. . . .
Over the weekend I and over 42,000 other people read an interesting tweet from Rick Warren. It said, “It takes about 10 yrs of local church pastoring to lose the arrogance u pick up in seminary, otherwise u likely won’t…
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