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I have been blessed to be able to visit many churches that are doing amazing things for the kingdom. There is just something about being in the place God has called you. I have had the privilege of being the kids pastor at my church for 12 years this July, I however want to by […]

Just spent a few hours this weekend going from 36 categories down to 7. While at Orange I was inspired by Human3rror to simplify my categories. So I have decided to use categories as a broad search tool and tags to help people find specific posts. When I started blogging I had only a few

Uptown a bit crazy tonight. Must be the full moon. #kidmin # Very tired still work to be done. # This is as close to @nathanfinochio I have been in months. I am honored to even know him. http://twitpic.com/4wy96 in reply to nathanfinochio # My youngest doing a classic preschool piccaso mothers day card. http://twitpic.com/4xvom

Main Point – we need to talk about the elephant in the room – having women in ministry 3 opportunities 1. Get into it – Jump into the conversation. We need to make this (women in ministry) a front-burner issue. 2. get over it – These new realities may feel uncomfortable. We need to acknowledge

What is most amazing is that you can take a picture of a page of hand written notes and search for what you wrote inside the picture. … Tweetlate r – a great tool that does a ton of things like time delay tweets – What i like best is how you can vet followers and weed out SEO’s and spammers and still keep your autofollow with out blindlyfollowing.

Thanks us air for rerouting me with no additional fee. # Slept 10 hrs in 3 days. Trying to stay awake so I don’t miss my flight boarding. VERY tired. Massive #orange09 hangover. # Finally boarding my last flight. My wife is going to pick me up in one hour Ya Whoo! # RT @hayesandrew:

Along with his responsibilities as leader of these growing companies, he’s the children’s pastor at Liberty Baptist Church in Sweetser, Indiana. … Jamie and his band produce some excellent music and have recently released a new VBS curriculum make sure you check it out.

One of my passions in kids ministry is trying to reach kids in unique ways. I have always been amazed how some Kids pastors are stuck doing things the same way they always have. I think that is pretty lame. So Ryan Frank and Jim Wideman were gracious enough to ask me to write an

Key Thoughts – The bigger your church gets the more important it is that you become a problem solver. Sometimes knowing what NOT to do is as important as what to do. Anytime you delagate without duplication you get weirdness. My Thoughts – I am a huge believer in learning from every stage and every