ysOpenBook » Uncategorized http://www.ysopenbook.com Peeking behind the curtain of YS publishing Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 What book are you? http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/03/14/what-book-are-you/ http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/03/14/what-book-are-you/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:23:57 +0000 Jay http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/03/14/what-book-are-you/ Just read about this quiz on Marko’s blog and figured I’d take it…


You’re Catch-22!

by Joseph Heller

Incredibly witty and funny, you have a taste for irony in all that you
see. It seems that life has put you in perpetually untenable situations, and your sense
of humor is all that gets you through them. These experiences have also made you an
ardent pacifist, though you present your message with tongue sewn into cheek. You
could coin a phrase that replaces the word “paradox” for millions of
people.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

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YS Proposal Guidelines

(ht to Bob Carlton)

]]> http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/03/10/test-post/feed/ 0 Superbowl Commercial with a message http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/02/14/superbowl-commercial-with-a-message/ http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/02/14/superbowl-commercial-with-a-message/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:45:16 +0000 Jay http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/02/14/superbowl-commercial-with-a-message/ Imagine doing a whole youth group night thinking about those who have different abilities. How cool would it be for your students to experience and be part of something like that?

]]> http://www.ysopenbook.com/2008/02/14/superbowl-commercial-with-a-message/feed/ 1 Interesting video: Dan Dennett: A secular, scientific rebuttal to Rick Warren http://www.ysopenbook.com/2007/12/31/interesting-video/ http://www.ysopenbook.com/2007/12/31/interesting-video/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:57:49 +0000 Jay http://www.ysopenbook.com/2007/12/31/interesting-video/ I’ve watched a bunch of the TED videos over the last year or so…they’re always very interesting. I thought I’d share this one with you (I’m sure you’ll be hooked and go find some more on your own!)-

This (as you can read on the site) was a response to a talk that Rick Warren had just given. It made me squirm a little bit, but it’s definitely worth watching and thinking about the implications for your context. This talk was given to 1,000 folks in Monterey, CA…typically, an influential group of folks. As youth workers, we need to be wrestling with this and not just glossing over the issues raised in this (and other) talks. How do you help your teenagers grapple with this?

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