BigStuf Blog

BigStuf Announces Journey Internship

2007-01-03T14:31:00.000-05:00

Check out the internship opportunity for college students.

Journey Internship

BigStuf 2006

2006-06-10T18:04:00.000-04:00

Well everybody, here we are at BigStuf 06 with 2 camps down and many more to go. The staff is pumped about what God has done and what He's going to do with the rest of the summer. We would love it if you would join us in praying for this summer. Pray for the BigStuf team and the students who are going to be influenced by the camp this summer. If you've already been to camp we enjoyed having you and hoped you had a great time. We'd love to hear any comments or suggestions on how we can make camp better, but even more importantly we'd love to hear your stories on how you were affected by camp this summer. Your stories help us to keep our eyes focused on the goal of BigStuf camp, and keep us striving towards reaching that goal. Thank you very much for coming this summer! We can't wait to hear back from you on your experience!

BigStuf

Apple Boombox...

2006-03-02T16:36:00.000-05:00

Thought it would be fun to carry this on your shoulder like the old school rappers did in the day.

Quote of the Week

2006-03-02T16:30:00.000-05:00

Erich Fromm: Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Quote of the Week

2006-02-17T11:01:00.000-05:00

H. Jackson Browne: Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

Journey Internship Video

2006-02-16T16:31:00.000-05:00

Click Here...BigStuf Journey Video

BigStuf Bonus Day

2006-02-14T17:21:00.000-05:00

Click Here...BigStuf Bonus Day

BigStuf Journey

2006-02-01T15:00:00.000-05:00

Journey
The definition is simple. Traveling from one place to another.
It’s also the name of our new ministry, just launching this summer.
The Bigstuf Journey has a metaphorical meaning as well.
It still means traveling from one place to another, but it means it in two ways.
Our Journey is an opportunity for college students to travel from America to Africa.
And…
An opportunity to travel from a life of the ordinary… to a life where perspective changes; to travel from the place of seeing things through the world’s eyes and ending up seeing things though God’s eyes.
Journey is an opportunity for student leaders in college departments to go with us for 4 weeks this summer and set foot on the continent of Africa and team up with other college students from other countries to train together and work together. We get to make a difference in the lives of high school students in Zambia by talking and teaching about abstinence and AIDS. God has been taking Bigstuf on a Journey for a few years now and has provided us the opportunity to do something we never dreamed of.
We have been trusted with students at camp for a while. Now we would like to take them to a new level. We need students that are 18 years old or older and that are ready for a Journey. Be watching our web page over the next few days. (A video plus more details on Journey are coming)
We’d like to move students from where they are to a whole new world and a whole new way of thinking. This summer.

It means raising a lot of money.
It means being gone from June 24-July 17.
And it means coming back changed.
Worth the money.
Worth the time.
Worth their lives!!!

Apple iWeb

2006-01-21T17:09:00.000-05:00

Apple is so cool. They just came out with some awesome hardware and software. Software is amazing and user friendly. We have been playing with the new iWeb to setup a place for our blog, podcast, movies and photos. It is very user friendly and looks great. There is still room for improvement but we are happy. I am going to add a link to the iweb we have been setting up. It is not finished but we would like your comments about the whole setup. The bad thing about the blog page is there is no place for you to make comments. So we will need for you to come here to post comments about the stories, movies, podcast, and photos until apple adds that option. There is a cool story about BigStuf and Edirol on the blog page. Go check it out.

THE LINK HAS CHANGED FOR THE IWEB SITE. IT HAS BEEN UPDATED BUT IF YOU GOT IT BOOKMARKED FROM BEFORE PLEASE UPDATE.

Click Here...BigStuf iWeb

Lanny Letter

2006-01-09T11:08:00.000-05:00

Hey Campers,

Normally I want to start these blogs or letters and do the humor, tongue in cheek, sarcastic, lots-of-adjectives, excitement thing. That last sentence is all your getting this time. God is on the move. Life is short. We have a mission. Unbelievably, we already have over 16000 people registered for camp...we want you there...Read More...

iCal Camp Schedule

2006-01-06T13:57:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone
We have put a schedule of 2006 camps on iCal Share. You can download and it will give you all the dates with speakers. Just double click the file and it willl automatically add the dates and info into your iCal. Well this will only work for the mac guys. Let us know if this is helpful for you. Just thought it was fun. You can click the link below to access the file. There is an option to download the file or subscribe. If you subscribe, you can get any updates we make.

BigStuf 2006 Schedule

Origami DVD Player

2006-01-04T11:18:00.000-05:00

The Origami DVD Player is a portable DVD player concept that could be manufactured with a new e-paper (a full-color flexible display technology) being developed by Mag-Ink in Israel. As a product, it would target the business traveler who wants a convenient way to watch DVD movies. For this user, portability is a key requirement, but they are not interested in sacrificing their viewing experience and are willing to invest extra money for a higher quality product.

Find out more Click Here

Churches closing on Christmas

2005-12-23T21:27:00.000-05:00

I thought about going in to the big issue that so many are having about churches closing on Christmas Sunday...but that seems fruitless. I think it is a shame that such an issue is causing anger and division in the middle of such a great time of celebration. So....
Wherever you happen to be celebrating the birth of the Son of God on our planet that has changed all of our lives forever...we at Bigstuf are wishing you His peace and grace and wonder.
Chaos seems to often rule during this time....may it cease in your life and we are praying that He rules for a while in the midst of all of your relationships, your heath and all the ups and downs that come your way.
Blessings to you all.
Lanny

What's Happening to the Church?

2005-12-11T00:52:00.000-05:00

Ok, we have blogs going on about tech stuff, laughter, and tv shows, but we have a lot of questions and answers in some of our blogs that are getting to the heart of where many of us are. In the youth pastors blogs and in the ones about who do you listen to and what are your difficulties, i am hearing some interesting stuff.
Barna has just written a book called Revolution that Reggie and I have been talking about a lot. Barna believes that the church as we know is is going to be extinct in the not too distant future. There is a lot of talk about it's lack of relevance, and how over 20 million people are walking away from it right now.
Before i pontificate or ask Reggie to, on this blog. Who has read this and what are your thoughts on the future of the church, it's relevance and what we will see change in our lifetime in the "church" .
Lanny
BTW...you might want to go back to some of the posts in some of the other blogs and see what youth workers are talking about.

Productions

2005-12-06T15:17:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, We would love to help everyone with your questions about production that we do at BigStuf Camp, Catalyst Conference, and National Youth Worker Convention. So there is no question too small. We also have some used gear available. Some items include Eiki projectors, Edirol dv7 play back machines, Dalite screens, Edirol switchers. So if you are need of some great gear at awesome prices contact us!

Passion 06

2005-12-05T09:59:00.000-05:00

The 28-Day Prayer Journey to Passion 06 is here!

Imagine how powerful it will be when thousands of us arrive in Nashville having prayed together for 4 weeks leading up to January 2!

Join us as we pray our way to Nashville, preparing our hearts for all God has in store during the days of Passion 06. Each day beginning December 5, a focused prayer guide will be posted at Passion's new Blog site -- www.268blog.blogspot.com/. Bookmark the site and join the movement... students and leaders united in prayer from coast to coast and around the globe.

Please help spread the word to everyone coming to Passion 06 and all who want to be a part of praying for our time there.
See you at www.268blog.blogspot.com/ on Monday, December 5!
Expectantly,
Louie

Laughter

2005-12-03T00:06:00.000-05:00

Someone brought up an intersting fact on the TV blogs. He said that no one had mentioned that they watched any funny shows.
That makes me wanna ask the question.
What makes you laugh?
Who makes you laugh?
Send us links to pictures on the web that make you laugh.
Tell us what made you laugh til you hurt.
Lanny

GADGETS

2005-11-30T19:18:00.000-05:00

Ok we are keeping this blog open for us to post to you some interesting links to gadgets. And we want you to post under this one any gadgets or links to gadgets you think we all might want to waste our money on. OOPs... Things we can invest in that propogate our ministries so that we can technologically be instrumental in reaching the post modern, emergent, generation.
Uggh. Next blog. Is everone as tired of those words as I am. Does anyone really know what they mean?

Oh yeah.. The keyboard and monitor are both being projected from a pen size object. No more messy desks!!!

lanny

READ the blogs

2005-11-30T19:12:00.000-05:00

Hey kids,
Meaning hello visitors to the site.
I just realised we just now sent out a note to let some of you know about our blog.
On the last one we got a bunch of interesting stuff from youth pastors about some of the struggles they have...especially with parents. Y'might want to read thru the comments. And if you are just jumping in, feel free to read all the blogs so far and comment on the ones you think you might like to get involved with.
BTW...send us all your new gadget links if you see stuff any of us ought to be interested in.
I will make a gadget blog next just for those comments and links for the new gadgets.
thanks
Lanny

Who do you listen to?

2005-11-24T14:47:00.000-05:00

Ok...we still don't have a bunch of folks responding yet. Trying to get some action going here on the blog site.
Tell us the speakers you like and the ones you don't like. And why?
And...youth worker type people...what is the biggest struggle you are having in your church?
We just want information that will help us as we try to help you.
Tell your friends about this blog site and send em on over.
Lanny

youth pastors

2005-11-20T22:30:00.000-05:00

Hey kids
read the other stuff and let's hear your comments...but.
Youth Pastors....what kinda stuff do you hope you and your adults would like to hear about this summer in the adult leadership tracks. What stuff has bugged you about what you have heard in the past? What rang your bell?
Lanny

Interesting stuff

2005-11-18T11:40:00.000-05:00

Ok....so i spent 17 hours on Monday night posting a new controversial, interesting, hi tech, politically challenging, newsworthy literary masterpiece ....it didn't get posted. it disappeared. I pushed the Publish Post button and everything. It's just gone.
Along with all the synapses that fired to create it.
So...here is a snapshot of some of the stuff I talked about in the post that didn't post.
Thanks for talking about TV.
But now we are gonna get heavier.
And we are gonna get more newsworthy.
And we are gonna give you info on interesting tech stuff and or gadgets and gizmos.
And we want you to send us the same stuff.

News. A kid in Hillsdale Michigan,Michael Sessions, 18 years old. Ran for mayor of his town and beat the 51 year old incumbent . When asked about it the kid said something to the effect of " Well I guess I will go to school from 7:50 til 2:30 and then do Mayor Stuff from 3-6"
I'd like to interview this kid. Maybe even bring him to camp. If you know him, get me his info.

In the tech world, a company called Vestergaard Frandsen invented the LifeStraw which has seven filters in it and will allow you to make 185 galons of water pure enough to drink. It can prevent waterborn illnesses such as Typhoid and diarrhea that kill at least 2 million people every year in the developing world. As you know we are working on an initiative in Africa and we may be asking you guys one of these day to help us buy a bunch of them (3 bucks each) to take over there. Learn more. www.lifestraw.com

An Afghan dog named Snuppy was just created...yep created ...from an ear cell of another dog in South Korea. They say he is perfect....no flaws or anything and that they have the technology to keep going. whooosh. What are your thoughts?

Residents of Dover Pa voted to oust the 8 school board memebers because those members wanted the school to at least mention the possiblity of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution. Meanwhile in Kansas the same issue was voted on by a local school board where 4 out of 6 said that the school needs to let the students know that there are flaws in the theory of evoluiton. The last time that kind of thing happened there, the school board members there were fired.
Maybe Clark Kent needs to chat with them...he's from kansas. Never mind. Any thoughts?

You can get a cool new digital underwater camera now ....tiny...for $550. check it our sealife-cameras.com

Comin up in the next blog post...what do you guys need for curriculum...ideas we might have...

Comment to us...get some stuff going....we want to see what is turning you on and off.

Thanks for reading.

tv shows

2005-11-14T21:11:00.000-05:00

So we figure that a lot of our constituents....that's the folks who hang out on our site or come to BigStuf Camps....are youth pastors. Maybe some are students. And who knows maybe some are theologians, writers, pastors, thinkers, and poets.
So whatever or whomever you are...let us know and let us know what you watch.
For me. House is on top of the list. We all want to be like him but don't know how to be good guys and miserable guys like him at the same time. Smallville is a favorite. That's because I grew up with Superman. Started with Alias when Jennifer Garner was a kid. Boston Legal makes me laugh. There hasn't been a comedy duo like Shatner and Spader since the Smothers Brothers.
i watch Surface because I have good friend in the cast. And of course I watch Lost ...with the rest of the world.
I am intrigued by the amount of shows on that are all about the supernatural, mysterious, other world kinda thing.
And by the way....just as a hint...we are headed into the other-world kinda thing for camp this summer. It actually will be super natural.
Now...we've blogged a bit.
What's your job? What's your shows? What's your age? Is TV a waste of time?
Lets hear your comments.
Lanny

First Blog

2005-11-14T15:55:00.000-05:00

HI BOYS AND GIRLS....QUICK! Call the neighbors, wake the kids, kick the dog...we joined the blogging revolution....and just when it was almost over.
Ok...it isn't over. but we are way behind. At least in getting the thing up. We were ahead of most of the world cuz our heroic leader Lanny Donoho wrote his infamous book God's Blogs over a year ago. It was just published in August...but we were ahead because we had the concept going before most of the folks on our strange little subculture knew what a blog was.
So here it is. Our first post. Not much info. Just an announcement. We are gonna be here. We are gonna be giving you words of wisdom, bits of hi tech news, where to get gadgets, who is doing what in the weird world of youth ministry and christian leadership. And....we are in process of doing our first podcast.
And then will come our vlogs.
So get ready. Get set. And plan on coming back here every few days to see what's on the fire. Off the chain. What kind of bling we got on the flip side.
Ok...maybe we aren't really that hip but...we'll have some stuff going on and we'll let you know what we think you should be interested in.
So...we 'd like to get your comments. We'd love to get controversial questions. And we think we can surprise you now and then.
thanks for chekin us out.
Lanny