(taped live in my office in Baltimore 02/23/07)

BIO: Since 1996 Gene has been 52% (he out weighs his business partner) of APeX Ministries. As a performance ministry APeX combines death defying juggling, sketch comedy, drama, and personal testimony. Gene can get out of a straight jacket, pick off little green army men with a bull whip, ride a unicycle, ride a mini bike, juggle five balls, eat fire, and do a handful of card tricks (not all at once). Gene is a fellow collaborator on the Resources for Living and Hope and blogs regularly at http://brblue.org/blog.

QUOTE TO NOTE:  Inside the Youth Ministers’ Studio: The last time that you were out and saw a great adult to a good job of coordinating (youth) ministry services, it looked like…?
Gene: It looked like someone managing a whole bunch of adults. Their responsibility, on some level, wasn’t to the young people, at all. They were definitely the public face and they were the ones that did the greeting at the door, but most of their work was coordinating with the adults to make sure everything that was happening was happening well. It was the (other) adults job to interact individually with the young people. It was other high school students’ job to interact with the students coming through the door.

OBSCURE FACTOID: Gene and I first met on the exhibit hall floor at the NCCYM in Orlando in 1996.  I kept sending female youth ministers from Baltimore over to his exhibit area to stand still as Brad and Gene tossed bolwing pins pass them.

BEHIND THE SCENES:  This was my second face-to-face interview. Last minute editing continues. Sigh!

BLOG REFLECTION: can be read here for March 14th.