I thought it would be interesting to look at what were most popular posts on this site that I wrote in 2011. To be honest when I had a look at the statistics I was a bit surprised about what was popular. My biggest surprise was actually the post that came in at number 1…
5. Facebook, Twitter and Students…
With social media, especially Facebook and Twitter, so pervasive in the lives of people it’s important that we look at what kind of affect it has on students. The Discipleship Training School (DTS), and other second level schools in Youth With A Mission (YWAM) have previously been completely immersive experiences mainly because of the difficulty and cost of communication. Read the full article…
4. Lego, Why do you Spurn Canada?
Caleb spent the better part of two years saving up to buy himself a Lego Cargo Train Set. When he finally went to purchase the set we found that the set was almost $100 more in Canada than to purchase it in the USA.
In the end Caleb purchased the train set in the USA and had a friend pick it up for him. Read the full article…
3. Debt and Missions – A Toxic Mix
This is one topic that I have gotten more passionate about as I have spent time in missions. I have seen people removed from the missions field or prevented from entering the field because of personal debt.
As a missions agency we need to be asking ourselves what are we doing about this? Not only personal debt, but also what are we doing about ministry debt? Read the full article…
Teaching Personal Finance and Financial Stewardship in Missions
Although not in the top five blog posts this article was my follow up article to my debt and missions article.
In the article I explore a few different ways that we can help the staff and students in Youth With A Mission deal with their personal debt. Two options I look at are Dave Ramsey’s Generation Change and Lazarus at the Gate. Read the full article…
2. Using What You Know in Missions
Something that frustrates me is when missionaries abandon the skills and knowledge that they have developed before entering missions. Often these things are God given talents that are intended for use in God’s Kingdom. Often though because they don’t fit into the mould of a “young missionary” the talents are dismissed as being not “spiritual” enough for the missions field. What a travesty. Read the full article…
1. Explaining Idiots to our Kids – The Vancouver Riots
The number one article is the one that surprised me most.
Caleb came home from school talking about the riots that had occurred in Vancouver after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins. He was asking why people would do that and I tried to explain to him why, and also tried to get some advice from others about what causes people to act like that. Read the full article…