One of the things I have talked about many times on my blog is how I get frustrated by content that is produced that everyone will like. I believe that often times in trying to produce something everyone will like and everyone will buy you rob the gospel of it’s essence and it’s power. One of the things that […]
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There are few things in life that dial the whole family in like an IRS audit. I have never been through one personally but I was through one as a child. I still remember the auditors name appropriately enough was Mrs. Castro. My parents were being audited but the whole family felt the impact. My parents were
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In the past couple of weeks I have had quite a few requests for info on an event we did a while back and are planning on doing again next month. We called it the Facebook Family Night. I re-posted a blog post I did a while back yesterday. Today I am reposting a short
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One way that I plan on doing this is by doing events for the family based around the community of Facebook. The first event that we did was called “Facebook Family Fun Night” What is Facebook Family Fun Night? Well the origin of my idea came from Kendra and her team at North Point Church. I
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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
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Here are the notes for my breakout at Lifeway’s Kids Ministry Conference. 5 Things every leader has to get right 1. Delegation – We don’t delegate because we don’t trust God with the results. We don’t delegate because our default mode is to do. If I do this my pastor will be pleased with me.
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The Lifeway Kids Ministry Conference is officially underway. Really enjoying meeting lots of new people. This is my first time to come to this conference. Love how each conference has it’s own personality. The opening session was both funny and engaging. Really enjoyed it. I had the opportunity to do a pre-con breakout with my
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Yesterday I talked a bit about Sally Lloyd-jones new book that is coming out in October. One of the stories Sally shared that especially stood out to me was on faith. Growing up in a Christian environment I was blessed in so many ways I am forever grateful. Where we grow up shapes us in many different ways. In
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Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing is the perfect follow-up to Lloyd-Jones an Jago’s The Jesus Storybook Bible. I remember reading through the Jesus Storybook Bible and was blown away by the simple way Sally explained complex spiritual truths. One of my pet peeves with books that are written for kids is that they are written so
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If you are like most parents of a child over the age of 4 you have asked this question, “When should I talk to my kid about sex?” If you have gone searching for anything that will help your kids understand how God really feels about sex, good luck. You will either find something that
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