Y2Kids pt. 1 (mulligan)- What defines our generation

NOTE: You don't have to read the other part 1 in order to read this post. Sometimes in writing you accidentally click "publish" on something that just really isn't what you were going for. I figured I'd leave up the other part 1 for those who got something out of it but would basically give it the "Hulk" treatment and do a remake even though it's only been like a week. So here it is:

Y2Kids: What Defines our Generation

Katharine Theresa

It is my personal opinion that my fiance Katharine Theresa, is one of the greatest bloggers of all time. Don't believe? Check this:

http://wileye.blogspot.com/

read the most recent one, it's amazing.

a brief update

I don't like seeing my blog go stale so I figured I'd give a brief update before I head out for Homework House and then Family Night tonight.

Y2Kids pt 1- Living in Fear

Y2K was never scary to me. Instead it was kind of like a third parent.

My mom and dad both got jobs working to fight off the hypothetical breakdown of all humanity and so as the year 2000 approached I was living in the lap of luxury. Gameboys. Disneyland passes. Eating at restaurants. It was a boyhood dream, but for most of us from the Y2K generation there were very few boyhood dreams to remember.

2001: A Blog Odyssey

2001 views guys! Come back tomorrow for a blog about the generation who survived Y2K!

5 ways to make sure you DON'T stay in ministry

If you've worked as a youth pastor you've likely heard the ever-changing statistics. Youth pastors work an average of 1 year at any church. Youth Pastors stay pastors for an average of 3 years before looking for another profession. Youth Pastors are more likely to be overworked, under payed, and completely burnt out than any other professional ministry position... I've heard all of these things before. (Though I've never actually SEEN any statistics... I mean who would participate in these surveys anyway?)

So having survived in professional ministry for just about two years now, I present to you...

5 ways to make sure you don't stay in (professional) ministry:

Guest Post! Casey Miller pt. 2

And now, the epic conclusion to...
"Idolatry and Identity as Illustrated by The Muppets"

IDENTITY-

Let me start this next section, which I promise will tie back to the first, with another analogy to the Muppets. This time I want you to consider Elmo, and his Puppet master Kevin Clash. Now, Kevin Clash was not the first to control Elmo. You can watch episodes from before he came on and see for yourself. It is a strange thing to watch. I find myself thinking "WHAT! That's not Elmo! Who IS that? Some imposter, I'd wager!" When someone else controls Elmo, he still looks and maybe even acts a little like Elmo, but he is not Elmo. This can even be seen, though not as obviously, in the new Muppet movie. Most of the original puppeteers and writers are gone. While Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest all look and act like they used to, there is something missing. They're just people with a puppet on their arm trying to ACT like Kermit or Miss Piggy. While they may do a pretty good imitation, it's still just a copy; a vestige of what the original actors and writers created. Elmo is only Elmo on the arm of Kevin Clash, Kermit is only Kermit on the arm of Jim Henson and Miss Piggy is only Piggy on the arm of Frank Oz.