(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by Isaac Z. Schlueter) I just read this great post by Seth Godin. He starts off by saying, If you don’t know what to do, and you’re frightened, might as well panic. He goes on to point out that there is an expectancy by many people for leaders to panic … Continue reading
// For those few of you who might not already know, there are thousands of senior pastors, student pastors and children’s pastors converging on Atlanta for The Orange Conference. If you don’t know anything about the Orange Conference, here is a short blurb from their site: ORANGE IS THREE CONFERENCES ROLLED UP INTO ONE EVENT. … Continue reading
(image originally uploaded to Flickr by fattytuna) About a month ago while me and my family were in Chicago for Conspire 2009, my wife was talking to our oldest son (9 years old) about what the word holy means. She explained that it literally means “to be set apart” or special. Too many times we … Continue reading
There is a new network of individuals and churches headed by Mosaic, Newsong and Vintage Faith along with a number of other people. Rather than me trying to define what this network is about, here is the text from the newly redesigned website: Our Vision: This network is a community of followers of Jesus who … Continue reading
The above video is Dave Gibbons from Newsong Church. He’s written a book entitled The Monkey and the Fish that talks about what he terms Third Culture Christianity. As we continue to look at Children’s Ministry in a Missional Paradigm, I want to make sure that the term “missional” is adequately understood and explained. We’ve … Continue reading
Um, all I can say is WOW! Here is a Time article on this kid. His name is Steven Purugganan and he even has his own entry on Wikipedia… Crazy! I love me some Sport Stacking, but 12.92 is the fastest I’ve ever done that in. Have you used Sport Stacks? What do you do … Continue reading
Today, Eugene Cho posted a thank you letter he wrote to his children’s pastor on his blog. I couldn’t quick on the link from Twitter fast enough when I saw Eugene’s tweet: As I read through the letter, I think my allergies were acting up because my eyes were watery and my nose was a … Continue reading
3 candles fot the birthday boy, originally uploaded by AndrewEick. On April 21, 2006 I opened up a Blogger account and started the Elemental Children’s Ministry blog. I soon moved it over to WordPress.com and then last June I bought server space in order to host the blog on my own. I can’t believe it’s … Continue reading
This study guide tackles the issue of how to deal with popular culture and what criteria we use to make entertainment choices. It is meant to be completed over a series of eight sessions in a small group setting covering questions like: Are movies the art form of our day? And if so, how do … Continue reading
Earth Day 2007 Call of the Unknown 2 crop, originally uploaded by Fractal Artist. Today is Earth Day. Whether you think that is silly thing or not, you had better be aware of the impact environmentalism has on kids. If there is any group that has done an amazing job of capturing the attention and … Continue reading
