the ramblings http://theramblings.org life, ministry, etc. It's all rambled here. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en sarcasm,rant,Christianity,religion,ministry,spirituality,life,youth,ministryReligion & Spirituality/Christianitysdelony@yd.orgStuart DelonyStuart Delonynosarcasm,rant,Christianity,religion,ministry,spirituality,life,youth,ministryThe RamblingsThe ramblings of a Christ follower trying to make sense of life while following after the wild goose.48.093129-122.2161431839133http://www.feedburner.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with ODEOSubscribe with PodnovaSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Daily RotationSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with ParticlsAdd to Any Feed ReaderSubscribe with fwickiSubscribe with Zune Marketplace New Guns = Free Pepper http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theramblingsorg/~3/462015238/ http://theramblings.org/2008/11/22/new-guns-free-pepper/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:31 +0000 sdelony@yd.org (Stuart Delony) http://theramblings.org/?p=1299

Like them or hate them, it doesn’t matter. Because of Gun ‘n Roses you all can have a free Dr. Pepper. Think I’m kidding? Read this:

 Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy is a reality.

The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008.Chinese Democracy, infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.

“We never thought this day would come,” Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper’s vice president of marketing, said in a statement. “But now that it’s here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper’s on us.”

Beginning Sunday at 12:01 a.m., coupons for a free 20-ounce soda will be available for 24 hours on Dr Pepper’s website. They’ll be honored until Feb. 28.  [USA TODAY]

So thank you Axl Rose for my free Dr. Pepper. 

Go here to redeem your free coupon : http://www.drpepper.com/ (remember contest starts Sunday, so you can’t get your free coupon today…). Myspace or twitter your youth group…

And if you’re interested in listening to the newest Guns ‘n Roses album: Chinese Democracy (one of the longest awaited albums - 17  years in the making)… it’s been streamed on myspace. 

GNR Myspace

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I went to the World Visions AIDS Experience back at the YS Conference. It was so well done and moving. Then I recently found out that World Vision is running this experience about an hour from our offices. So today, the youth are out of school and we’re talking a trip to go to this experience. It’s very, very powerful. 

If you have a chance to go, you really should (and it’s free). 

You can experience a mini version of it here online.

To see if it’s in a city near you, go here:

http://www.wvexperience.org/

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You can’t have youth ministry with out gross games. For some reason it’s so wrong, but it’s so right. 

I love ‘em. I don’t know if it’s an American thing (see the Glutton Bowl) or just one that youth seem to enjoy. From fear factor nights (balut anyone? - yes it’s been done), to egg nog chugs…  (click at your own risk) there are many, so many amazing disgusting games. 

Love them or hate them, they can be good tools to pull kids in. 

So let me ask you this… do you have any favorite gross youth ministry games?

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We’ve started a new Bible discussion on Thursday afternoons. We’re going through the book of Acts with a group of teens. Each week they read a new chapter and we discuss it. Last week we read chapter 3 that has the story of Peter and John healing a lame man.

We sat down and started to talk about it. This is a story I love so I was excited to see what they thought. The reaction? They thought it was stupid. We kept discussing it further and I couldn’t understand why. Then finally someone said, “what’s the big deal if the guy was lame or not! I know plenty of lame people.”

Ha ha. Something definitely got lost in the translation. They didn’t realize that the word “lame” meant crippled. They just thought he was loser and Peter and John helped his street cred. Now, keep in mind, these are not churched kids. I love their fresh perspective on things…

How often do we in Christianity let so much of our faith get lost in translation?

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Today, Samuel (my 3 yr. old) was pretending to drink out of an empty glass. He was fake gulping loudly, so I asked him what he was pretending to drink. He responded, “I’m not pretending, Dad. I just like to drink air.”

What more can you say…

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