Back in December I was asked by Children’s Ministry Magazine to write an article about what apologetics might look like for kids today. This was a topic I was excited to tackle. For a while, I’ve been bothered by premise behind traditional apologetics that takes the standpoint that our faith needs some sort of defense … Continue reading
(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by me’nthedogs) For those of you who might not know, the title of this post is also the title of a very funny Monty Python movie… that is if you “get” Monty Python humor. I was going to post the trailer for the movie off of YouTube, but ruled against … Continue reading
Take a look at the above interview of Adora Svitak. She is twelve years old and was a speaker at TED 2010! Wow! She is an accomplished author and speaker. I loved that she challenges adults to learn from children. I think we can do that about education and about spirituality as well. I think … Continue reading
A little while back I received an email from Chris Tomlinson asking me to be a part of a book blog tour for his new book, Crave. From his bio, Chris is a graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the UCLA Anderson School of Business. He is a businessman and writer who desires … Continue reading
(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by akahodag) I’m usually on the ball with Lent. This year, though, there’s been a lot of things going on and it snuck up on me! In previous years I’ve given up things like TV or pop (or for those of you who say it wrong… soda, coke, or soft … Continue reading
OK, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! BTW, if you still want to register for The Orange Conference, you have until February 18th to get THE BEST price for registration. You also get a $50 credit for resources!!! Just click here for more info and to register. OK, so the winner is… Emily Gist! … Continue reading
(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Lost Albatross) OK, so I’m a day late on this. Yesterday was Family Day here in Ontario, and we participated in some of the Family Day festivities. I, then, went to see Lightning Thief with my two oldest kids. (BTW, if you’ve read the books, don’t expect to see … Continue reading
(image taken from Indexed) One of the blogs I read regularly is Indexed. It’s a pretty fun and thoughtful blog. I laughed pretty hard at the above post. Happy Valentine’s Day!
(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Christine ™) Those oranges in the picture above are standing and clapping… Get it? They’re giving a standing orange-vation… standing ovation… orange and ovation… OK, fine! I thought it was funny when I first thought of it. I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to the contributors … Continue reading
(photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Ucodep) Back in December, the Stuff Christians Like blog readers raised $60,000 to build two kindergartens in Vietnam through Samaritan’s Purse. It was so neat to see this happen in a matter of days. It was also inspiring to see the power of many people giving $5, $10, $25 … Continue reading
