I know I said I was taking a blog holiday but my last post got lost in cyber 301 redirect land. So if you are coming here wondering what the heck is going on, welcome to the new and Lord willing final home of samluce.com. I had been thinking of separating my blog into two […]

There has been a question that has been dogging me lately, and it’s this. “Why isn’t there more innovation in Children’s Ministry.” I have been thinking about this for a while and the latest issue of Harvard Business Review is all about innovation. I read an article about the DNA of an Innovator, it really

I had a conversation with my son yesterday. Me – Son what do you want mom and dad to buy you for Christmas Him – I want legos, playmobiles, and books Me – Ok, sounds good Him – Santa is good to us dad he brings us lots of stuff. First I grew up in

My favorite verse in Esther just read it today in my daily reading. http://read.ly/Esth4.14.nlt # RT @theResurgence: Featured Media: Biblical Parenting http://bit.ly/5sKKEr #kidmin #cmconnect #family # I never want our church to be about who we are trying to keep but about who we are trying to reach. @andystanley #kidmin #church # RT @loswhit: Your

I think the Jesus Storybook Bible is on one the best books for kids I have read in a long time. The underlying message of every bible story is how Christ is our Redeemer. Powerful. I found this video over on Tony’s site – We are doing a Happy Birthday Party in all our environments

When you think of kids what colors come to mind?  Let me guess, primary colors, right?  The true blue, solid red, bright yellow, and golden green seems to penetrate all things kids.  Why is this?  Is it that kids don’t know any better and therefore are given the basics, or is it that these are

I remember when I first started reading blogs about 3 years ago I didn’t really know what I was doing or what I was looking for and had a hard time finding anything that resembled anything to do with kids ministry. I did however stumble on Matt’s blog. At the time it was called The

Performance skills – 101 Sharpening your skills to use in every aspect of your program. One of my greatest frustrations is that only in the church world do people think that performing, preaching and mc’ing are a natural gift. This belief means that (1) those who believe that they don’t have this gift are excused

I remember the first time I saw Funny Man Dan on a Hillsong Kids DVD. I thought to myself man this guy is funny, my suspicions were confirmed when my son said “Dad you are funny but not as funny as Funny Man Dan”. I was crushed (not really) but rebounded nicely. I remember when

Looking forward to a phone meeting with some amazing kids pastors tonight I always come away challanged. #kidmin #cmconnect # RT @loswhit: Surround yourself with those who haven't drank your koolaid. # RT @MikeServello: RT @Langer123: @samluce Susan Boyle is on the Today Show for an entire 1/2 hour/// lol @pastorjude ///// she's rockn it!