tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55859682024-03-17T04:00:22.681-04:00DayouthGuy Thinks AloudWords Along the Way from a journey of faith, life and youth ministry in the Episcopal Church...EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.comBlogger731125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-48270671081393956032010-02-08T15:58:00.003-05:002010-02-08T16:03:42.273-05:00This space is about to changeIf you've been checking this blog at all over the last couple years I thank you. With a variety if things coming up I've decided to move this blog to the inactive list in the near future. Here's what will take it's place:For Youth Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of WNY go to: eyouthwny.blogspot.com HEREFor the blog of Jay Phillippi go HEREThe shift over has already begun on my blog, the EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-20027777242846096222010-01-21T09:42:00.001-05:002010-01-21T09:43:41.163-05:00Star Wars vs Star TrekI will confess to being a total agnostic on the question. I love them both. EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-52155871156531409452010-01-18T09:58:00.001-05:002010-01-18T09:58:00.387-05:00Things I Don't Get - FashionThis is an ongoing, occasional series of comments on things I don't understand. It's just me thinking aloud, not passing judgement. I encourage people to help me understand.This one comes as a complete surprise to all of you who know me. I don't get the whole idea of fashion. Of being in fashion, of being fashionable, of the importance of fashion.It's that very quality of "now" that bothers EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-82500065167094553542010-01-15T14:31:00.003-05:002010-01-15T14:37:32.099-05:00Two More Answers to IgnoranceTwo videos showing a much better and more theologically sound response to the tragedy in Haiti. The first is by Frank Logue a contributor at AskthePriest.orgAnd the second from our own Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church:Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) is one of the best things about our denomination. If you would like more information or to contribute go to their website - EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-58652102928019997092010-01-15T11:11:00.002-05:002010-01-15T11:17:37.047-05:00Because Ignorance requires an answerFollowing the devastation of Haiti this week two outspoken idiots aired their intellectual deficiencies for the world to see. Rush Limbaugh decided that political game playing was more important than human suffering and Pat Robertson decided to twist not only theology but history in order to make sure that he could assign blame for the suffering of the nation.So let me make one thing perfectly EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-1781551460901248872010-01-15T09:31:00.000-05:002010-01-15T09:31:00.096-05:00View From the Phlipside - Facebook and GradesMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideMost parents complain that their kid spend too much time on social media like Facebook or MySpace or Twitter or whatever. And students wish Mom and Dad would get off their backs and leave them alone.EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-679691015279053652010-01-14T08:57:00.000-05:002010-01-14T08:57:00.439-05:00View From the Phlipside - LenoMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI don't normally do this. I was raised to believe that it was rude and not something that nice people did. It's called gloating and I really, really try to avoid it whenever possible. But I just EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-45172712945597417472010-01-13T08:55:00.000-05:002010-01-13T08:55:00.280-05:00View From the Phlipside - AvatarMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideWell I went and saw the movie. I tried to be as open minded about it as possible and I must admit that some of it was better, even much better than I expected. That's right I saw Avatar and I saw it EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-82705665955915008812010-01-12T09:19:00.004-05:002010-01-12T09:23:20.421-05:00May Our E-mails Be SimpleGreat story by NPR on the update Anglican blessing of the tools of the work force. Seems the Rev. Canon David Parrott offered a prayer at a service in London:"...a modern take on a prayer for laborers that dates to medieval times then: plows and hammers. Now: smart phones and laptops. The blessing: "May our tongues be gentle, our e-mails be simple and our Web sites be accessible."Amen and EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-875741172180002072010-01-08T09:17:00.001-05:002010-01-08T09:17:00.354-05:00View From the Phlipside - The EmmysThese are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideWhat would happen to a major media award if it lost the support of the industry that it supposedly served? What would EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-8524773544499606102010-01-07T16:41:00.002-05:002010-01-07T16:48:03.354-05:00Who is that smiling devil?My friend Bronwyn, who is the Youth Officer for The Episcopal Church, has a blog dedicated to youth ministry in our denomination. She asked me to share the 52 reviews in 52 weeks series with the larger church and I agreed. So now the world has to endure an entirely too large photo of my smiling mug on her blog. Worst part is that's what I really look like. I'll let you decide for yourselves EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-19413937520067376422010-01-07T09:16:00.000-05:002010-01-07T09:16:00.383-05:00View From the Phlipside - Most Important Tweets?These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideNow I know I just finished last year by wondering why I spent so much time talking about Twitter, the micro-blogging EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-15377114309797214542010-01-06T09:14:00.000-05:002010-01-06T09:14:00.627-05:00View From the Phlipside - 2010 Movies - ReMakes and SequelsThese are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideThe start of a new year and that means a whole new year of movies to see! So let's take a look at some of what's EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-71628437949247133292010-01-04T09:19:00.000-05:002010-01-04T09:19:00.330-05:00Things I Don't Get - TattoosThis is an ongoing, occasional series of comments on things I don't understand. It's just me thinking aloud, not passing judgement. I encourage people to help me understand.This may get some of my favorite people a little riled. I know a LOT of people who have tattoos. Every time I see someone getting one I ask the same question. "Why?"I don't mean the question in any judgemental or EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-72011166974763626422010-01-01T19:01:00.004-05:002010-01-01T19:32:04.701-05:002009-2010 - A Life Lived and Yet to LiveSo the new year is here and 2009 has been firmly and finally to rest. A few thoughts on the year that was in my life and the year to come.I see a lot of folks talking about how terrible '09 was and I understand. At the same time this has been a wonderful and memorable year for me. We had some financial challenges even though we didn't lose our jobs (Thank you Lord). I wondered if my job wouldEYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-77394211854075251722010-01-01T08:49:00.001-05:002010-01-01T08:49:00.470-05:00View From the Phlipside 2009 Review pt 3These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI'm closing out the 2009 series of A View From the Phlipside by taking a look back at what we've been talking about EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-73997123715825306272009-12-31T16:29:00.003-05:002009-12-31T16:54:50.325-05:00Resource Review - Videos/TV Shows/Toons That Teach(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Videos That Teach, TV Shows That Teach, Toons That Teach A series of books to help use video clips in your youth ministry.OVERALL - Three resources that all offer the same help. How to find and use video/TV clips in your ministry as ways to approach EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-58159825354081927932009-12-31T08:46:00.000-05:002009-12-31T08:46:00.738-05:00View From the Phlipside - 2009 review pt 2These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideYear in Review time this week on the Phlipside. I try not to note the passing of every single figure in the media but EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-30218361109772222672009-12-30T08:52:00.000-05:002009-12-30T08:52:00.455-05:00View From the Phlipside - 2009 Review pt 1These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI thought I'd take a moment here at the end of the year to look back at what we've been talking about so far this year.EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-9399887649057349602009-12-25T08:53:00.000-05:002009-12-25T08:53:00.563-05:00View From the Phlipside - Stale TV News AnchorsThese are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideOne of the interesting points about the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one is the chance to look back EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-72114444243699240192009-12-24T09:04:00.000-05:002009-12-24T09:04:00.191-05:00View From the Phlipside - Tiger's TaleThese are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideSo here's the question of the day: Is the Tiger Woods marital problem the biggest media story of the year? Is it the EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-86247907586140625992009-12-23T09:01:00.000-05:002009-12-23T09:01:00.309-05:00View From the Phlipside - Pepsi and the Super BowlThese are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideNext year's Super Bowl is going to have one rather historic moment. Or more precisely it's going to have an historic EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-52418101192471690262009-12-21T10:12:00.001-05:002009-12-21T10:12:00.632-05:00Resource Review - Youth Ministry Geek(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Youth Ministry Geek A blog about youth ministry and technology.OVERALL - A great blog for youth ministers with a bit of the geek in them (or who wish they had a bit more geek in them). Technology that is useful and helpful as we work with our young EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-76437253031156475672009-12-18T09:09:00.000-05:002009-12-18T09:09:00.366-05:00View From the Phlipside - Verizon vs. AT&TThese are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI've been ignoring the great Verizon/AT&T battle over the last couple months. Quite simply it all seemed pretty dull EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-65629696609315841372009-12-17T21:07:00.000-05:002009-12-17T21:08:36.084-05:00View From the Phlipside - Anti-social MediaThese are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideThis may be the worst idea to come down the media pipeline in a very long time. Or it may just be the idea in the EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0