My name is Dan Rose. I am currently a missionary to university students in Metro Detroit. I am hopeful that the kingdom of God can expand in an organic and missional way in the local church. This blog is a place for me to wrestle through the ins and outs of what it could mean to “be” the church in a new way.
- Barna's End of Year Review December 21, 2009The Barna Group has just released four themes they see from their research in 2009. Read the excerpts below, check out the full article here, and come back to discuss. Theme 1: Increasingly, Americans are more interested in faith and spirituality than in Christianity. "Faith remains a hot topic in America these days," George Barna commented, expand […]
- 8 Peanuts Music Video Mashups December 21, 2009Did you know that there’s a whole sub-genre of music video mashups out there using Peanuts cartoon footage? Some of these gems are Christmas related, some are not, but they’re all definitely worth watching. 1. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – The Police This is probably the most famous in the sub-genre, and definitely a good way to start to see what al […]
- Do You Make These 10 Mistakes When You Blog? December 19, 2009Shared by Dan This is a solid read. Assuming you want to increase your blog traffic, there are certain mistakes you must avoid to be successful. If you commit these mistakes, your traffic will never gain momentum. Worse, it may slow or begin to die. These are my top ten traffic-killers.
- My Top 10 Creative Spots, Carlos Whittaker December 11, 2009People are always asking me where I go online to get ideas. So I thought I'd do you a favor and beat you to the question I made a Top Ten List for where I go to get my head spinning with ideas. Before I begin I have to tell you that I am like most creative people out there. My mind is FULL of stuff. Mostly useless stuff. Before I sit down for a creative […]
- Just Define Missional for Me December 11, 2009Shared by Dan This is good. Alan Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren are onto something: in their new book called Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One (Allelon Missional Series) , they avoid the "define it and then we know it (and can control it)" approach to the term "missional." To see what is going o […]
- Pop Culture. . . A Sign Of Life. . . December 10, 2009Every now and then I find something positive in pop culture that's worth passing along to our CPYU constituency. This morning I found one of those things while doing some writing for the upcoming January/February edition of Simply Youth Culture that we producing in partnership with our good friends at Simply Youth Ministry.We're including one of ou […]
- Zumaya on inside track for closer December 11, 2009Shared by Dan Yeah, only if the tool can stay healthy. Joel Zumaya once seemed like the Tigers' closer of destiny, a young, intense fastballer who seemed next to impossible to hit. Three years, several injuries and a couple surgeries later, it's conceivable that destiny might finally give him his chance.
- Tension December 11, 2009"When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I am trusting and I am suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristotle said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity […]
- How the 10 Schools in BCS Bowls Got Their Nicknames December 7, 2009If the BCS rankings factored a school’s nickname into its formula—and Texas quarterback Colt McCoy’s final pass of Saturday’s Big 12 Championship Game had fluttered in the air for one second longer—Alabama would probably be playing the TCU Horned Frogs in the national championship game. As it is, the Crimson Tide will square off against the Longhorns, which […]
- 8 Signs You Might Be Boring Someone December 9, 2009A recent Psychology Today article by Gretchen Rubin provides a list of clues that you might be boring someone during a conversation. I’ve certainly been trapped in conversations with people who didn’t understand how to pick up on subtle clues that their long narrative about a weird dream they had or a particularly awesome golf game they played were boring th […]
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Dan,
I read your comment on Scot McKnight’s blog re: Great Lakes coffee. We appreciate your praise. How are things going in the university world? What organization are you a part of? Where do you guys meet? We would love to partner with you and do some kind of coffee space at your meeting place.
Take it easy,
Jonathan Vitale
By: Jonathan on October 2, 2008
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