Big Ideas & ‘Best Of’

This is a list of all of the posts I have written in the Big Ideas & ‘Best Of’ category, listed by date, starting with the most recent at the top.

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2012

• Beware! Avoid Using Social Media That Resembles Spam | April 19 | Chad Logan
• Facebook Free February; or, How to Grow Pineapples | April 19 | Brandon Smith
• 10 Ways a Blog Can Revolutionize Your Ministry (Over the Summer) | April 19
• Edward Scissorhands and Me: Shaping an on-line Pastoral Presence | April 19 | Jamie Johnson
• Is Your Social Media Social? | April 18 | Brian Barela
• Within Reach | April 18 | D. Merricks
• Is Facebook Killing Community? | April 18 | Seth Caddell
• From Online Commodity to Spiritual Community | April 18 | Dave Lemley
• Pintrestry (or Pinterest in Ministry) | April 17 | Heather Bennett
• Reach Your Campus in 160 Characters | April 17 | Jim Whaley
• The Importance, and Basics, of Facebook in Campus Ministry | April 17 | Matt Stauffer
• Life (Online) Together: Practicing Presence in Social Media Spaces | April 17 | Andy Miller
• Blogging 101: For Busy Ministry Leaders | April 16
• Beneath the Surface: Assessing Your Ministry’s Effectiveness | April 3
• Top Posts for March | April 2

• NO | Mar. 30
• YES | Mar. 23
• When Care-Givers Hurt |Mar. 20
• Streams of College Ministry: What Do You Do Well? | Mar. 19
• PERSEVERE | Mar. 16
• Eugene Peterson On Community | Mar. 15
• Eugene Peterson On Scripture | Mar. 14
• REST | Mar. 9
• HUMILITY | Mar. 2
• Top Posts for February | Mar. 1

• 5 Reasons to Start a Student Library || Feb. 27 || B Tyler Ellis
• GRACE || Feb. 23
• Reclaiming the Formative Years: A College Minister’s Manifesto | Feb. 22
• Announcing the Technology, Social Media & Ministry Blogathon | April 17-19 || Feb. 17
• LOVE || Feb. 14
• FOLLOW || Feb. 10
• NEW: Faith ON Campus Weekly UPDATE || Feb. 9
• JOY || Feb. 3
• Top Posts for January 2012 || Feb. 3

• PEACE || Jan. 27
• The Relational Attachment Model || Jan. 24
• ENDURE || Jan. 20
• Jesus, Dr. King & the Ministry of Reconciliation || Jan. 17
• 6 Areas That Will Have My Attention This Year || Jan. 4
• 12 Questions to Help Shape Your 2012 || Jan. 3
• Top Posts for December 2011 || Jan. 2

2011

• The Top 25 Posts of 2011 [1-5] || Dec. 13
• The Top 25 Posts of 2011 [6-10] || Dec. 12
• The Top 25 Posts of 2011 [11-15] || Dec. 9
• The Top 25 Posts of 2011 [16-20] || Dec. 8
• The Top 25 Posts of 2011 [21-25] || Dec. 7

• The Top 10 Posts of November || Nov. 30
• Outreach That You Will Actually Do: Sharing Jesus Using Gospel Appointments (Part II) || Paul Worcester || Nov. 30
• Outreach That You Will Actually Do: Sharing Jesus Using Gospel Appointments (Part I) || Paul Worcester || Nov. 29
• Sex & the Soul Blogathon | 2012 || Nov. 18

• Top Posts for October || Oct. 31
• College Ministry in a Post-Christian Culture | Book Review || Oct. 24
• Catalyst | Scott Todd | Present in Justice || Oct. 13
• Catalyst 2011 | Wrap Up || Oct. 10

• Top Posts for September || Sept. 30
• Announcing the LEADing LEADers Blogathon — Nov. 1-3 || Sept. 2
• Top Posts for August || Sept. 1

• Why ‘Less is More’ on Your Calendar this Month || Aug. 25
• It’s Important to Remember that Move-In Day is NOT About YOU || Aug. 19
• Campus Mapping || A More Strategic Approach to Ministry on Campus || Aug. 9
• The ‘Back-to-School’ Recap || 2011 || Aug. 5
• Top Posts for July || Aug. 1

• Technology: What is Essential for Ministry? || July 13
• Utilizing Google+ for Ministry || July 11

• Top Posts for June || June 30
• Top Posts for May || June 1

• Blogging, Working on a Book & Partnering With You This Summer || May 3

• Top Posts for April || April 30
• How Do You Assess Your Ministry’s Effectiveness? || April 15
• More Dreaming About A College Ministry Gathering of All Tribes || April 13
• The Digital Pastor || Blogging as Outreach || April 12
• The Future of College Ministry Recap || April 8
• The Future of Campus Ministry: We Have to Know What Really Matters || April 7 || Sarah Baldwin
• The Future of College Ministry: Shifting Relational Paradigms to the First Century || April 7 || Andrew Marin
• ‘Not in Kansas Anymore’ || April 7 || Jim Whaley
• The Digital Future of Your College Ministry || April 6 || Brian Barela
• Lessons from the Flock || April 6 || Margaret Feinberg
• What Will Work in Ten Years on College Campuses? || April 6 || Scot McKnight
• Imagination || April 6 || Creighton Alexander
• Deep, Not Easy, Discipleship || April 6 || Josh Hale
• The Future of Campus Ministry: A Look in Four Directions || April 6 || Greg Carmer
• The Future of College Ministry is… In Your Pocket || April 5 || Russ Martin
• Further In: A Future of Deeper || April 5 || Benson Hines
• On Perennial Truths || April 5 || Steve Garber
• Acclimate-Adapt-Lead || April 5 || Brad Baker
• How Do We Reach the Women? — The Future of College Ministry and the Female Student || April 5 || Jamie Noling-Auth
• Model T Ministry and Openness to the Future || April 5 || Steve Lutz
• Future Student: More Responsible, Less Entitled || April 4

• Top Posts for March || Mar. 31
• A College Ministry Epiphany || Mar. 21
• On Talking Natural Disasters & Theodicy With Students || Mar. 14
• 3 Reasons Your Students Should Blog About Their Missions Experience || Mar. 7
• The Future of College Ministry [blogathon] || Mar. 2
• Ideas for March || Mar. 1

• Top Posts for February || Feb. 28
• What’s Your Conference of Choice? || Feb. 11
• Is Your Ministry A Bridge-Builder? || Feb. 7
• Ideas for February || Feb. 1

• Top Posts for January || Jan. 31
• Some Changes at Faith ON Campus || Jan. 7
• Ideas for January || Jan. 6
• Top Posts of December 2010 || Jan. 5
• Are You Dreaming Big for the New Year? || Jan. 4

2010

• The Top 25 Posts of 2010 [1-5] || Dec. 21
• The Top 25 Posts of 2010 [6-10] || Dec. 20
• The Top 25 Posts of 2010 [11-15] || Dec. 17
• The Top 25 Posts of 2010 [16-20] || Dec. 16
• The Top 25 Posts of 2010 [21-25] || Dec. 15
• 6 Great Guest Posts from 2010 || Dec. 14
• 5 Conversations Shaping My 2011 || Dec. 9
• Ideas for December || Dec. 2

• Top Posts of November 2010 || Nov. 30
• Ideas for November || Nov. 1

• Top Posts for October 2010 || Oct. 29
• Ideas for October || Oct. 6
• Top Posts for September 2010 || Oct. 1

• Ideas for September || Sept. 1

• Ideas for August || Aug. 2

• Creating Space [For What's Necessary] || July 22
• Welcome! || July 14
• Ideas for July || July 1

• Ideas for June || June 3

• Ideas for May || May 6
• Equipped for Disaster [?] || May 5

• Ideas for April || April 1

2009

• Extending a Hand Across Campus || Aug. 13
• Creating Space || Aug. 8