Happy Hanukkah! OK, so it isn’t Hanukkah yet, so don’t break out your menorah or dreidel just yet. We’re supposed to be talking about Christmas, you say? What does Hanukkah have to do with Christmas, you say? Well, I’m glad you asked! Check out this clip from Phil Vischer’s latest video, “Why Do We Call … Continue reading
(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by ePublicist) At the end of August, the entire Family Life ministry team at MPPC (children’s, middle school and high school ministries staffs) went on a retreat–together–to talk about our shared vision for reaching kids and families. Never in my 20+ years of being involved in ministry have I ever … Continue reading
In 2009, Brian Haynes came out with his book, Shift, which outlined for ministry leaders a strategy for capitalizing on certain milestones in life to partner with parents in passing faith to their children. In fact, I was part of a blog tour in October 2009 for the book. If you haven’t checked out Shift … Continue reading
It seems like I see more and more conferences pop up all the time. It’s not that I’m against conferences, but, really… do we need another one? It’s not like there is anything new or revolutionary being said at them. More and more, I find myself going to conferences to make connections and expand my … Continue reading
(picture originally uploaded to Flickr by teapics) Up until the past month, I was planning on attending the Orange 2011 conference. Then the timing belt went out on our car! In getting that replaced, we found out that we needed to get the A/C compressor replaced… Lucky us! So… to make a long story short, … Continue reading
