http://www.resonateyouth.com learning to live outside the walls. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:24:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's something funny to start your week off: 21 reasons to grammar/spell-check your parent's notes to your teachers. These are excuse notes from parents (with their original spelling) collected by schools from all over the country: 1) My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/12/01/monday-monday/ Hey! I finally got some good use out of our new dig. camera, and thought I'd share a few of my favorite pics from this year's Thanksgiving extravaganza at Allison's parent's house. If you have oen or two you'd like to share, you can post a comment on this post with ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/11/28/share-your-favorite-thanksgiving-pics/ The turkey (or ham, or ribs, or flaffel) has been eaten, the naps have been taken and the family has been visited. Thanksgiving has passed and we're chugging on our way to Christmas as fast as possible. Today, let's take a few minutes to tell everyone what you were most thankful ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/11/28/tis-the-season-part-3/ (I just realized I had this written on Thursday when it was supposed to be published, but it never made it to the front page) In keeping with our weekly tradition (it's a tradition if it's twice, right?) of talking about the holidays, the question for this week is on that ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/11/22/tis-the-season-part-2/ Tonight we played a game (three, actually) called Add Words where each person had to add a word to the sentence being constructed as we went around the group. Here are the completed sentences we created tonight: The popcorn is ugly and disgusting and flowers' bacon procrastinates and destroys earth gently ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/11/19/add-words/ Last sunday night, Resonate Students and their friends gathered around what might possibly be called a bonfire, but was closer to a campfire to enjoy food and fellowship. Here are but a few of the pics from that night. Have a story about it you'd like to share? Let us know! [caption ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/11/19/is-it-a-bonfire-or-a-campfire/ Since we're getting closer to Thanksgiving and Christmas, I thought it would be nice to let everyone tell some of their own story. Each week until the end of the year, I'll be posting on Thursday a question that everyone can answer, something related to Holiday Goodness. This week: What is ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/11/13/tis-the-season/ Be sure to come to Resonate Worship this Sunday night at 6pm and talk back! You'll have a chance to let us know what you like/don't like about Resonate, give suggestions on how we can make a difference in our community and talk about many other topics.. come and let ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/11/01/resonate-students-talk-back/ Most people say that teenagers don't really care about politics or what's going on in the "real world" (as if teenagers live in their own little world or something.) I disagree. I think teenagers are quite capable of making their own decisions and would rather do so instead of just ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/10/18/my-2-cents/ Dinosaurs. Molecules. Politics. Space in between every piece of matter, yet some things are as solid as, well, rock. What would happen if all of the unknown and secret things, seemingly magical things in the world were suddenly laid out and explained? I think it would take some of the mystery out ... http://www.resonateyouth.com/posts/2008/10/16/literally/