(image taken from ABSO Jesus) How many times are we guilty of this? Why do we do the things we do in church? Are we being “ineffective” if we don’t explicitly invite people to church or explicitly tell them about Jesus? I’m not saying that you are wrong if you have some sort of presentation … Continue reading
Phil Vischer, the man who taught children biblical truths using bouncing vegetables, has partnered with Tyndale House on an ambitious project to cover the entire Bible in a 13-volume series called “What’s in the Bible.” Take a look at the video below to hear a Vischer’s passion behind this video series. The first two volumes, … Continue reading
For those of you who might have missed it, our family will be making a huge move at the end of June. You can read about it here. To make a long story short, we are taking a huge step of faith and moving to Northern California. We plan on moving to the SF East … Continue reading
A huge HT (hat tip) to Jared Kennedy for this resource for families! The resource is called Let Your Kingdom Come: Preparing Your Hears for the King by Carri Garvey. It is a devotional guide for families to do during Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday. There are daily readings and reflections as well as … Continue reading
(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by Ben Sutherland)I was not born with inherent time management skills. My wife, on the other hand, gets more done in a couple of hours than I think any normal human being can get done in 48 hours. I already know what some of you are thinking: Time management is … Continue reading
Tony Kummer of Ministry-to-Children.com has started a fun competition a la NCAA Basketball’s March Madness. He’s taken 64 children’s ministry blogs and put them into four divisions based on geographical location, and has asked people to vote for the top four in each division. I’m not so sure about his geographical designations because both Canada … Continue reading
I almost forgot about announcing the winner of a copy of Formational Children’s Ministry! And the winner is… after assigning numbers to each of the entries and going on Random.org for a random number… is…. Stephanie Boyles! She entered via Twitter. I’ll be sending Stephanie a direct message via Twitter to get her info and … Continue reading
Yesterday, I came across this tweet from Larry Shallenberger: I’m allergic to political commentators. It doesn’t matter if they’re conservative or liberal, I break out in a rash and begin to go into analpylactic shock with my airway closing up. So, I had no idea who this Glenn Beck person was whom Larry was talking … Continue reading
A few days ago, I wrote a review of Formational Children’s Ministry as part of the book blog tour for it. I already had obtained a copy of the book for myself before being asked to be a part of the blog tour. Today, I received the complimentary copy from Baker Books. I don’t need … Continue reading
If you are a part of a church, you need to get this book! Collaborate is a unique collection of 35 leaders sharing their wisdom on how churches can more effectively work with parents to pass on faith to children and students. I’ve been privileged to be able to work with the Minister’s Labelto get … Continue reading
