In an email from Youth Worker Journal there is a challenge to do media fast. Some stats from the Media-Fast website: Americans aged 13 – 18 spend more than 72 hours per week using electronic media?defined as the Internet, cell phones, television, music, and video games. Because teens are known for multitasking, their usage of… Continue reading Can I Do A “Media Fast”?
Category: Christianity
Do short-term missions trips simply equal Christian tourism?
I forget where I saw/heard someone talking about how things are different when you in the field than when you are back home in Lancaster County, but it seems your worldview is different when you are ‘doing missions’ than when you are living at home. There is a dichotomy that should not exist. What can… Continue reading Do short-term missions trips simply equal Christian tourism?
Art and the Christian
At the guys? weekend Jordan used one session to talk about art, do we do it, do we hide from it, what do we do with beauty. God made it, wants us to enjoy it, should we make things that are beautiful. Keeping in mind that he had just helped us think through money and… Continue reading Art and the Christian
Guys’ Weekend
This past weekend was the FMH Jr&Sr guys weekend retreat. I started doing this event fours years ago and had three guys sign up. This year all but four guys from the two classes were able to come. A few probably would have come except they had work commitments. This year Jordan E. and I… Continue reading Guys’ Weekend