(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Loren Javier) On Thanksgiving Day my family went to see the Toy Story 3D double feature event. BTW, I live in Canada, so Thanksgiving happens on the second Monday of October (which coincidentally is also the opening of moose hunting season). Just two bits of random trivia for you! … Continue reading
On October 1, Shift by Brian Haynes embarked on a book blog tour through the blogosphere. You can check out a list of destinations here. Christine Yount has also been blogging about the book blog tour over at the childrensministry.com blog. Today, Shift takes a stop at Elemental Children’s Ministry! In Shift, Brian Haynes shares … Continue reading
(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Roadsidepictures) I ran across this post from Michael Spencer (a.k.a. iMonk) at his blog a few months ago and filed it in Evernote. In his attempt to answer one of his readers notes concerning youth ministry, Michael began a series on his own views. This post was entitled, “What … Continue reading
(picture taken from PTO Today) I don’t remember where I heard about this article a while back, but it has some great ideas of how to build parental involvement. This was specifically written for parent-teacher organizations, but the advice applies to children’s ministry as well. I guess we aren’t the only ones who are recruiting … Continue reading
Take a look at this video put together by a friend of mine, Robin Dugall. It’s a bit long but take the time to meditate on what it communicates. The Tale of Three Kings was an instrumental book in my leadership journey. Soon into my career as a pastor, I reached a very humbling and … Continue reading
I just registered for The Orange Conference happening April 28-30, 2010! I’ll be going with a couple of other children’s pastors in my district. If you don’t know what Orange is, it’s a family ministry conference put on by The Rethink Group who publish curriculum like First Look and 252Basics. You can check out more … Continue reading
The Jesus Book written by Stephen Elkins and illustrated by Claudine Gevry discusses the Who, What, When, Where and Why of Jesus. Using short sections, Elkins has put together a collection of information regarding Jesus that is easily accessible. Included with the book is a music CD with songs that many of us who grew … Continue reading
(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by josipbroz) I’ve been working on our children’s ministry philosophy and praxis document for the past few days. My brain hurts from hashing through all my thoughts and putting them down in written form. I had forgotten what it was like to write papers in school! One of the thoughts … Continue reading
If you’re wondering what a Book Blog Tour is, it’s when a book “tours” different blogs. Still confused? OK… here’s what happens: A book review for a certain book shows up on different blogs over the course of a few days. Usually, each day one review from each of the participating blogs shows up until … Continue reading
// As I was perusing my Bloglines lineup, I came across this post over at PhilVisher.com. It was entitled “Big News,” so of course I had to check it out. For those of you who may have been living in a remote cave for the past 15 or so years, Phil Visher is the mastermind … Continue reading
