My friend and fellow blogger Kenny has been doing a great series about the getting a job in children’s ministry and sharing a bit of his journey. I interned as a youth pastor and thought I was hired to be a youth pastor but due to semantics and devine providence I became a children’s pastor through a  less than traditional path. I […]

I had the honor of being asked to contribute a 200 word article about what matters most in children’s ministry right now. The easy part for me was coming up with the topic; keeping it 200 words or less proved to be much more difficult. The free e-book “What Matters Now..(in Children’s Ministry)” is great;

I have been frustrated with facebook for a while now. If I get invited to another pig farm, fish tank, superpoke, special group I think I will puke. No seriously hand me one of those puke bags from the airline. I still remember how happy I was the day I found out that you can

Every kids pastor likes a good cartoon actually I believe most of us watch cartoons in the name of “relevance” when if we were honest we would just admit hanging with kids keep us young and we just like cartoons. Some of the greatest cartoons out there are superhero cartoons they represent the classic struggle

What if you could give away 15 tasks for a small fee? Would you do it. I think I just might. I came across a great product with an unfortunate name Fancy Hands. Not as bad as the iPad but still just sounds weird. I first saw this product mentioned on Kem’s blog. Time is

One of the things I am good at is knowing what I am not good it. One of those things is spelling and grammer. They say the opposite of love is not hate but ambivalence well that is me with grammer. If I were a super hero I think my power would be the ability to read misspelled words.

I have had this on my list of books to read. The fact that I get to listen to it for free is bonus. There are two things I look forward to at the begining of every month. Andy Stanley’s Leadership podcast and http://christianaudio.com/free free audio book. This is a great resource if you commute at all

Someone at Orange showed this to me. I think it was Chad. So funny hope you enjoy. It’s short so feel free to watch it a few times. I particularly like how the guys wife just sits there stone faced like she has heard him do this a thousand times. My wife does the same

Last session – Donald Miller Power of Story – A character wants something and overcomes something to get it. You need to want something that is difficult and it needs to be clear. You need to go through a something difficult to appreciate it. You value what you gain through conflict. The story increases if

Parenting beyond your capacity. Reggie and Carey Imagine the end – What do I want them to do but Who do I want them to become. Widen the circle – Don’t try and parent your kids alone. Fight for the Heart – Communicate in a style that gives relationship value. Big difference in fighting with