It is not enough just to be a nice neighbor anymore. Hey, everyone is glad that you are nice but anyone and everyone should be nice. Have you ever read the book, “Good to Great”. Wait, here is the real question, ‘do you bring VALUE to your neighborhood’? That is, do you add something to […]
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Email v Facebook
September 8th, 2010 
Mark I recently heard this statement concerning this generations views of using email and facebook. “Email is work while Facebook is leisure activity”. Not bad. What do you think?
5 Things To Address With Youth Ministry
August 27th, 2010 Mark Today, CNN (that is right, I read the bad guys site) posted a large article on their site about why teenagers turn away from their Christian upbringing. In her new book, Almost Christian, Princeton Professor Kenda Creasy Dean concludes that we are being too shallow in instruction with our youth and not challenging enough to […]
ISM Rocks in Tampa
August 17th, 2010 Mark Today I received a call from Joseph Pardo. Joseph is the USF director of the Friends of Internationals student ministry at USF. This is the ministry my wife Lynn and I founded in 1998. Joseph and his wife Daisy, along with their 3 preschoolers, have been serving well there for over 2 years. They anticipate […]
Continue The Journey Together @WHYcard.net
August 9th, 2010 Mark Beginning at noon tomorrow (August 9th) the new WHY card site will be functioning at full throttle (at least that is what the IT people told me to expect). The intent of this site is to give people the chance to continue their spiritual journey together by viewing stories of Christian college students and discussing […]
How Do You Present The Gospel?
August 4th, 2010 Mark My friend David Proffitt of the Aletheia Church at USF in Tampa uses a four fold plan to share Christ with the people he meets. Here it is: 1. Make sure you CONNECT with the person you are speaking with. That is, listen to people and see what concerns them, what they enjoy, etc. Find […]
Seven Evangelistic Considerations For Every Christian
August 3rd, 2010 Mark I recently asked some college students if they had ever led someone to Christ, start to finish. Almost half a dozen of the fifty or so students in the room said that they had done this in their lives. While we know that God opens the heart, we also know that people cannot believe without […]
The College And Major You Choose Is Important
July 25th, 2010 Mark Where you go to college and what you take for a major has great implications on your future. For example, if your school is not recognized by employers, you may find it difficult to secure a job. If you choose a major that employers are not seeking, you won’t get a job. As well, if […]
Using Foursquare In A Ministry
July 23rd, 2010 Mark So you think that Foursquare is just a game? Well many people think that but every day it is used by businesses to make people aware of a restaurant or other establishment. Look at how it is used by a restaurant: 1. People click on the location which others can view. If enough people see […]
A Summer Reminder
July 16th, 2010 Mark THIS VIDEO reminds us not to complain about summer heat and to appreciate its warmth.
Did You Borrow Much In College?
July 13th, 2010 Mark Compare your school loans to these collegians and graduates. http://is.gd/dqnSx