Periodicals
Like most of you, my profession has journals and magazines that are designed especially for my line of work--being a pastor of teens & their parents. I mentioned this to a guy yesterday and he kinda laughed. The tone was, "Seriously. You guys have your own magazines just like businessmen and doctors and photographers?" I often wonder what people have in their brains when they think of what I truly do for a living...that exchange was just one of many examples.
So, I thought I'd get just the office periodicals that zip around from staff member to staff member that were on my desk yesterday and let you browse the covers and see if you'd flip through it in a coffee shop or something:
"Discipleship Journal"--the headline just says SEX and has bullet points like "A union like no other" and "How to be a Great Lover" and "Straight talk about chastity." There's also a minor headline that reads "I Was the Mormon Next Door."
"Christianity Today"--the cover has a picture of a child in what appears to be an area where prostitution might be likely (I don't know how else to describe it) with the headline "Red-Light Rescue: The BUSINESS of saving girls from a life of prostitution. There's another headline above the title that reads "Reeling from Adultery."
"REV!"--the cover has a guy wearing a clown nose with the headline "Make it STICK! People remember less than 10% of your sermon. Here's how to make it 90%. page 52." There's a couple of minor features like "Hybels Rethinks Evangelism" and "How to get the most from 2007 Pastor Conferences."
"Youthworker Journal"--this is the magazine that thought my submission of "destroying the myth of the quiet time" could be read as "harsh by some readers" so I pretty much haven't submitted anything else...for some reason that little bit of rejection really stung, but hey, I'm working through it. Anyway, this month's headline is "Good Sports" and features and rountable discussion with leaders from ministries like Athletes in Action and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. It also interviews the NFL running back Shaun Alexander.
So, yeah, that's what I flip through between meetings or in that few mintues before a kid arrives for coffee. Then I check the box that Kim writes our names on and put them in the next box for the next staffer.
It's almost like I have a real job.
Like most of you, my profession has journals and magazines that are designed especially for my line of work--being a pastor of teens & their parents. I mentioned this to a guy yesterday and he kinda laughed. The tone was, "Seriously. You guys have your own magazines just like businessmen and doctors and photographers?" I often wonder what people have in their brains when they think of what I truly do for a living...that exchange was just one of many examples.
So, I thought I'd get just the office periodicals that zip around from staff member to staff member that were on my desk yesterday and let you browse the covers and see if you'd flip through it in a coffee shop or something:
"Discipleship Journal"--the headline just says SEX and has bullet points like "A union like no other" and "How to be a Great Lover" and "Straight talk about chastity." There's also a minor headline that reads "I Was the Mormon Next Door."
"Christianity Today"--the cover has a picture of a child in what appears to be an area where prostitution might be likely (I don't know how else to describe it) with the headline "Red-Light Rescue: The BUSINESS of saving girls from a life of prostitution. There's another headline above the title that reads "Reeling from Adultery."
"REV!"--the cover has a guy wearing a clown nose with the headline "Make it STICK! People remember less than 10% of your sermon. Here's how to make it 90%. page 52." There's a couple of minor features like "Hybels Rethinks Evangelism" and "How to get the most from 2007 Pastor Conferences."
"Youthworker Journal"--this is the magazine that thought my submission of "destroying the myth of the quiet time" could be read as "harsh by some readers" so I pretty much haven't submitted anything else...for some reason that little bit of rejection really stung, but hey, I'm working through it. Anyway, this month's headline is "Good Sports" and features and rountable discussion with leaders from ministries like Athletes in Action and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. It also interviews the NFL running back Shaun Alexander.
So, yeah, that's what I flip through between meetings or in that few mintues before a kid arrives for coffee. Then I check the box that Kim writes our names on and put them in the next box for the next staffer.
It's almost like I have a real job.
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