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 […]

Tutorial: How to Create a Custom Facebook Fan Page for Your Children’s Ministry It still surprises me when I meet pastors who have no idea how useful Facebook is for ministry and have no desire to check it out. For those of you who recognize the value of having a ministry presence on Facebook, this

I came across Brent’s fan page for his kids church and was blown away. I thought what he had done could be a game changer for for kids ministry. I talk to many kids pastor’s who either don’t have the tech skills to do a cool web page or they don’t have the budge to

Improving you first look environment. About the Presenter – Kendra Fleming is one of my favorite kids pastors. 1. I love Northpoint church 2. I have been blown away by her willingness to help out other kids pastors. 3. Love her blog – I always say it is one of my favorites. I love how her blog

You have been warned. I ment to do this last year but forgot and got a good amount of feedback from my non-kid ministry followers on twitter. I will be going to a Conference this week in Atlanta GA. I will be blogging and tweeting for the conference so my twitter feed and blog will

Men have a few very basic things they need in life. A couple of those things are satire and video games. This weeks YouTube friday offers both. It is brought to you by the lovely people over at The Thursday Blog. (Yes YouTube Friday is such an internet sensation I now have sponsors lining up, act quickly

One of the highest compliments you can give a church is that if you didn’t work there you would attend there. I know there are many people who can’t say that about where they presently work. I don’t think I could ever work someone I wouldn’t feel comfortable attending if I didn’t work at that

A three year old girl crying over Justin Bieber and then is awarded a trip to California to meet him. Wow. I guess my take away from this little video is kids (like adults I might add)  crave what they consume. It’s so important especially in the digital age we live in that we are teaching kids

For the Cool kid in you – Push.ly – Free push notification of @ replies on twitter. Download a free redneck video puppet – Found out about this on Freecmstuff.com DJ software for iTunes –  djay3 For the Geek in you – Free excel spreadsheet templates – Tutorial on how to add a blank space in HTML

Well today is my 3rd blogging birthday. I think that’s like 48 in human years. Wow what a trip it’s been, and I have loved every minute of it. 3 years ago you would have never been able to convince me that I would form life long, life giving relationships with people, crazy, but I