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Today I become Gianni’s dad. When kids go to school you become “Oh so your Gianni’s Dad, nice to met you” I think when kids go to school is the beginning of the end for personal coolness as a father. I plan on fighting the system as long as I can. I can’t believe that […]

One of my fellow kids pastors Anthony Prince has a great blog, a few weeks ago he did a Top Ten series of posts where he listed his Top Ten tools every kids pastors needs. I thought it was a great idea picked up some great tools actually ordered one of the books he recommended.

"when you are tired your decision-making skills erode. You start missing things.." from Outliers #kidmin /// I need a nap # Watching the funeral of the lion of the senate. He is survived by a lot of family and 99 weasels. # Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #utica_ny #pastor #kidmin #cmconnect

Things have been a bit crazy the past few weeks as a result I am a bit behind making the cheat sheets for this month. Well better late than never. Here is the link download them if you want them.

If you were a parent, child, or kids pastor in the late 80’s early 90’s Psalty was a fan favorite. Now all these years later he just seems a bit creepy. I wonder is Jonathan Cliff is also scared of big blue singing song books Here is a VH1 behind the music parody of Psalty,

We are in New York as a church staff for our annual staff retreat planing for the year to come. Talking vision and values. Lots of work, fun, food and laughs, good times. There is no city like New York City. I love New York City! I have this theory that there are more crazy

The older I get the older I feel when I read articles like this one from wired magazine. 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About The scream of a modem connecting. Doing bank business only when the bank is open. LEGO just being square blocks of various sizes, with the odd wheel, window or

Basically Guy Kawasaki and I are best friends. Well not really. But you can find my blog on alltop. Make sure you stop by and check out all the other church peeps on Alltop.

One of the most powerful tools you have as a leader is the power of story. In kids ministry you need to learn to harness story. Knowing your values is one thing knowing how to illustrate and infuse them with the stories from people whose lives have been transformed is another. I am consistently on

As a kids pastor the one thing we can do to multiply our effectiveness is to be better managers of our time. I know that for most people we have so many things competing for our focus and attention. I know that for me especially at the start of my week I sometimes am so