I thought I would pass on a few books that I have read that you need to read. The fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School. The Effective Executive A tale of three Kings The Life you’ve always wanted. The Chronicles of Narnia For more books you need to read visit my online books store.

Thanks to all of you who entered to win there was 23 of you in total. I talked to Steve from the Lads the other day and it looks like he may be putting together another package that those of who didn’t win might be able to win at a later date. Well without further

Here is a fantastic example of average animation with a message that is completely missing it audience. It’s important that we make sure that our content and presentation are always on the same page. These guys totally missed it….unless their goal was to end up on YouTube friday in that case…..Homerun! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuhASKuXI-U&playnext_from=TL&videos=Lxou3a4hkio Thanks Kenny for this fabulous little nugget.

Hey it’s time again for a Give away Tuesday. I had the amazing opportunity to meet “The Lads” a few weeks ago. They graciously gave me some of their products and my boys LOVE them. People in children’s ministry are always looking for fun fresh music for their environments I strongly suggest The Lads Band.

The bigger you get the more intentional you have to be about staying small. Another common thread with the show undercover Boss I want to discuss is how the bigger you get the more intentional you have to be about staying small. I know this sounds paradoxical but thinking big requires you to break down

Well the march madness Children’s ministry blogging competition came to a close last Friday. I did not win but I did come in second place. I feel a little like Beyonce at the Grammies sitting next to Taylor Swift. Not really, actually I couldn’t have lost to a nicer guy. Rob Bradbury is an amazing

Well today is Thursday and I will not be blogging tomorrow so I thought I would share with you a great video that we are going to be using in our kids church this easter. It is the Bible as told by sand. Weird right. Actually it amazing be sure to check out there site

When the lightbulb comes on. One of the things that Children’s pastors like is when the lightbulb comes on. If you ever ask a children’s pastor what their favorite thing about being a children’s pastor is they will invariably say “I love seeing the light come on in a child’s eyes when teaching them about

In watching Undercover Boss each week one of the things I find to be a common thread is that breakdowns in an organization occur where there are no systems in place to carry out great ideas. I love good ideas. I love creative concepts but anyone working more than one day in kids ministry understands

Wow! What an incredible sense of God’s presence at Redeemer.tv‘s launch this weekend. We officially changed the name of our church from Mt. Zion Ministries to Redeemer Church and It’s been awesome to hear the stories of folks who had invited their unsaved family and friends. God is doing some powerful things in the Northeast!