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Josh GriffinMore Posts Google Searches That Lead Here: Vol 15

Every week I post the words that people type into Google to find this website. This week there were 91 different words/phrases used to lead here, down from 122 last week. Here’s the real search terms people used, followed by some searches I wish led people to the blog. Enjoy!

Actual Google searches that led here this week
leland chapman engaged
wildside saddleback
youth ministry blog links
don’t believe everything
jessica alba youth group
mtumbe chigumbura
youth pastor salaries
cathi workman blog
willow creek community church “the train wreck”
star wars shortened lyrics
video miramar air show 2006
snl tsa skit video
youth ministry job search blog
erik fitzgerald youth pastor
greg stier video
you won’t believe what’s inside you
downsizing to one car
the history of youth ministry vol.1
pastor rick pounds new 2007 collection plate
willow creek uk tape of leadership summit 2006
saddleback church and halloween
blog rwanda saddleback
saddleback hsm photos
leesa witt wedding
miramar air show
brian schwanbeck
schwanbeck ign entertainment
don’t wait for the hurst to take you to church
is everything we read on the internet true
bill daily saddleback church
is nike entereing new market
does syms have crocs
cocaine drink “jamie kirby” “official site”
doug fields junior high youth group first night
why church ministry sucks
church video parody deal no deal
parents and myspace
dan t. cathy and chic-fil-a net worth
tribulation force audiobook itunes stereo or mono
creflo one night with the king review
jake rutenbar
2006 email contacts of pentecostal pioneers
debunking the madden curse
josh griffin austin texas
flavorless urine color change additive
rick warren +rwanda +”october 2006″
chic-fil-a’s founders book
snl tsa skit
psalty’s christmas calamity cd
leland chapman hawaii
google video grarls barkley “crazy”
leland chapman tats pics
pirates of the caribbean dead man’s chest cracken sound effects
louie giglio catalyst
rick warren saddleback layoffs
pirates of the caribbean cracken sound effects
brandon warriax youth pastor
sabatticals for religious women
diet mountain dew tastes
amazed “jared anderson” what does it mean?
fitzgerald
snl “tsa skit” video youtube

Google searches I wish led here
Waffle House
Wahoo’s gift certificate
cheap batteries aren’t worth it
in the year 2000
The OC needs a Cracker Barrel

Every week people ask how I do this – simple … I use Google Analytics to find out the info. And other useless information, like the fact that 30% of my visitors are first timers this week, the top two stories were Beta SYM and Campaign for Real Beauty, 93% of all visitors to the blog are from the US, and 11% are already using the new Internet Explorer 7.

JG

Add Comment October 21, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts Winner of Ministry Mutiny

Congratulations to Josh who won a copy of Ministry Mutiny by Greg Stier. Thanks to everyone who commented on this post over the weekend and entered the contest. Follow that link to read my quick review of the book if you’re interested – and Josh, send me your mailing address and we’ll send this right out!

JG

Add Comment October 16, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts Book Review: Ministry Mutiny

This weekend I was able to finish up Ministry Mutiny, a youth ministry fable from Greg Stier. I’ve read several business fables before, and love the style of writing and teaching. It’s kind of a right-brained way of getting some left-brained principles. The book follows that successful format.

This is easily Greg’s best writing so far. The story begins with a dissallusioned youth worker about to quit – in fact, he’s at the tail end of writing his resignation letter. He and his wife have been through the wringer, and he’s done. Man, I’ve been there before – what youth worker hasn’t been, right? Keep in mind Greg’s passion in life is evangelism, and the book skews that way directly. And although the story is a bit predictible and veteran youth worker mentor Tony is completely one-dimensional (a little too perfect, I wish he had a history of some sort), there’s plenty of great principles to be learned here.

The parts that hit me the most were about engaging parents to do the youth ministry, and we come along side of them. The importance of community also rises to the top, as well as stopping the search for the next youth ministry fad. Good stuff.

Comment on this post! I’ll select one of those comments at random to get my copy of the book for free – I’ll even pay the shipping.

JG

7 View Comments October 15, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts Google Searches That Lead Here: Vol 14

As I do every Friday, here’s a list of the actual Google searches that led here this week. I’m going to take the liberty of deleting some of the redundant ones from week’s past, to keep it fresh. Anyhow, enjoy!

Actual Google searches that lead here
wildside saddleback
simply youth ministry blogs
squirt
saddleback church endless
wildside’s reeled in
display gamercard on blogger
mark wahlberg at fbi building filming shooter
star wars shortened lyrics
willow creek community church “the train wreck”
deal or no deal results michelle falco
transitions church
saturday night live tsa skit
pdym video
pastor salaries
ryanne and jonathan’s wedding
mnf introductions
san clemente
youth ministry”church internships”baptist
mosaic podcast crashes ipod erwin
svcc saddleback job search
star wars shortened 1080i
pastor steve rutenbar
sermon series deal or no deal
rock harbor church
purpose-driven pastor talks about ministry
hiv/aids needles hidden under gas pump (
internet youth spirituality
+xbox +360 +farcry +evolution +map +church
jobs for “phillip climer”
rock harbor podcast
star wars lego 2 review oc
snl “tsa skit” video youtube
greg stier
josh garrett
simply youth ministry youth workers conventions
blogging shirt
ryan meeks eastlake myspace
grarls barkley
espn montana child name
child named espn biloxi
leland chapman engaged?
national youth workers conference
tribulation “trinity evangelical free”
ocregister rick warren
deal or no deal youth sermon series
www.ysmarko.com
bryan hurst cocaine
doug fields youth pastors convention
perry bettis snake handling
hoax or not: hiv/aids needles hidden under gas pumps
future of forestry
divas gentlemen’s club
birthday party “high school musical” minneapolis
youth ministry sucks
michael chang ministry
youth workers salaries
derek monroe toronto
teams interested in penny hardaway 06-07
missouri pentecostal ministers pastors email contacts 2006
chic-fil-a franchise
collinsworth family gospel
something about silas breakup
simply youth ministry what matters most doug fields
leland chapman & girlfriend in ny
workplace parody
pastors preaching prosperity
noyz + saddleback”
avocado intranet holy trinity church uk
father bride toast
matthew mcnutt
usps eastern area news chris strobel
worship conference

Google searches I wish led here
Discernment is so misunderstood
Germ-X
pizzadilla (pizza toppings in a quesidilla)
avocado on the side
40 Days of Fuddruckers
why are pastors fat?
food blog

JG

Add Comment October 13, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts Rick Debunks Prosperity Preaching

The new issue of TIME hitting newsstands this week has an article entitled, Does God Want You to be Rich?” While many of the leading mega church pastors agree with the philosophy, Pastor Rick shows up with a quote debunking the position. Here’s a clip:

“Prosperity” first blazed to public attention as the driveshaft in the moneymaking machine that was 1980s televangelism and faded from mainstream view with the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals.

But now, after some key modifications (which have inspired some to redub it Prosperity Lite), it has not only recovered but is booming.

Of the four biggest megachurches in the country, three — Joel Osteen’s Lakewood in Houston; T.D. Jakes’ Potter’s House in south Dallas; and Creflo Dollar’s World Changers in Atlanta — are Prosperity or Prosperity Lite pulpits (although Jakes’ ministry has many more facets).

While they don’t exclusively teach that God’s riches want to be in believers’ wallets, it is a key part of their doctrine.

And propelled by Osteen’s 4 million-selling book, Your Best Life Now, the belief has swept beyond its Pentecostal base into more buttoned-down evangelical churches, and even into congregations in the more liberal Mainline. It is taught in hundreds of non-Pentecostal Bible studies. One Pennsylvania Lutheran pastor even made it the basis for a sermon series for Lent, when Christians usually meditate on why Jesus was having His Worst Life Then.

The movement’s renaissance has infuriated a number of prominent pastors, theologians and commentators. Fellow megapastor Rick Warren, whose book The Purpose Driven Life has outsold Osteen’s by a ratio of 7 to 1, finds the very basis of Prosperity laughable. “This idea that God wants everybody to be wealthy?” he snorts. “There is a word for that: baloney. It’s creating a false idol. You don’t measure your self-worth by your net worth. I can show you millions of faithful followers of Christ who live in poverty. Why isn’t everyone in the church a millionaire?”

JG

Add Comment September 10, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts Google Searches That Lead Here: Vol 4

Here’s volume 4 of the Google searches that have led people to my blog. If you’re new or morbidly curious, here’s Volume 1, 2, and 3. As always there’s some interesting ones, then I’ll also post a list of ones that I wish led people here, too. Enjoy!

Actual Google searches that led people here
internet korean volunteers 2006 in sri lanka
cat “red carpet challenge
“josh peters” saddleback church
Greg Stier pod cast
joshua treece missouri
gears of war exclusive faceplate
“jake rutenbar”
josh peters blog
bus 82, saddleback, hot guy
“looks like philip seymour hoffman”
laguna beach
famke jensen mtv movie awards dress 2006
baby leesa dog the bounty hunter
Youth Ministry funny Jesus Clips
rick warren adventure management
Sean Blakeney Saddleback Church
adventure management saddleback
“Mtumbe Chigumbura”
“ed horn” marantha bible baptist church
don’t believe everything on the internet

Google searches that I wish led people to my blog
yogi’s bowls and rolls
youth ministry balance
longevity in the church
group youth ministry conference
my dad is my hero
are the Angels cursed?
frustration in youth ministry
death to Playstation 3
Google Maps is the best
Church politics
youth ministry blog
youth ministry podcast
my lymph node is a bit swollen

JG

Add Comment August 3, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts Student Leadership: Day 3

Amazing day … we’re running late in this last session of the day, but the programming team is the only one who knows it. The kids are having a blast – going old school with some Simon Says, Deal or No Deal and then Greg Stier. Soooo good … here’s a few pictures of the day. Enjoy!

JG

Add Comment July 13, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts New Speakers Added to PDYM Student Leadership

Pretty exciting day today – we added Greg Stier, Jay Strack and Jim Burns to the speaking schedule for PDYM Student Leadership Conference. Good stuff, those guys are GREAT – this is going to be a powerful event for students this July.

I think my favorite part of the whole thing is the idea of my students finally “getting” what PDYM is all about and getting on board with the vision for the church. Gonna be cool watching it ‘click’ for so many of them,

If you’ve got student leaders, get them this.

JG