(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Sherlock77 (James)) Quick! What picture do you conjure up in your mind when you hear the word “evangelism?” Quick! Don’t think about it too much. Just describe the picture. Did it? Here’s what I picture most of the time: walking up and down the streets of an urban area, … Continue reading
It’s always fun to buy promotional products! Maybe it’s just me, but I love getting stuff with the children’s ministry logo on it. Last year for our day camp and summer camp, I ordered water bottles because it can get hot, and we wanted to help the kids stay hydrated. So I ordered a bunch … Continue reading
(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by Daniel Greene) I’ve began my journey with Kids’ Camps when I was 15 years old as a cabin leader for a bunch of Grade 2 kids. If you’ve never had to talk a kid out of being homesick, then you are missing out! Over the years I’ve been a … Continue reading
This is Zeke. He’s our new dog. He’s a chow. He’s eight weeks old. This past week has been a crash course education in dog training. Everthing from housebreaking to where to sleep to teaching him that our 2 and 4 year olds are not puppies, too. One thing that all the books and websites … Continue reading
(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by sean drellinger) As I continue to explore children’s ministry in a missional paradigm, I wanted to throw out one more thing before fleshing out some of the ideas I’ve put out in this series. As I’ve read and talked with and seen different incarnations of what emerging missional ministry … Continue reading
// If my 4- and 7-year-old daughters are any indication of what many little girls are like, they will want to get this plastic jewel-encrusted, tiara-bearing devotional Bible written by Sheila Walsh and published by Thomas Nelson. “Every girl is a princess, the daughter of a King… the greatest King who created and rules over … Continue reading
I recently switched hosting companies for Elemental Children’s Ministry because my previous hosting plan was expiring, and they had raised their fee substantially. I switched over to Dreamhost on a recommendation from reading John Saddinton’s blog over at Human3rror.com. Switching was relatively easy when I got all my files over. I did most of the … Continue reading
// (photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Nick Konings) Whether your realize it or not, everything you believe, everything you do, everything that defines who you are is based on a story that you tell yourself. You may or may not be aware of that story. Most of us aren’t. You inherited that story, most … Continue reading
(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by bunchofpants) I read this post from Scot McKnight’s blog a while back. It’s a part of a series on youth ministry that guest blogger, Chris Folmsbee, has been writing for a while for McKnight. Chris ruminates on what he would do differently in youth ministry if he could go … Continue reading
Well, I transferred Elemental Children’s Ministry over to a new server a couple of days ago thinking that, initially, things would’ve been smooth. Um, no! Stupid, stupid me! Well, after the site being down for over 24 hours, I think that is is working OK now. We’ll see as time goes on. I made a … Continue reading
