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I think we have all heard the conventional wisdom. Never talk about politics or religion at a dinner party. Well I laugh in the face of conventional wisdom. I thought in-light of the coming election and the fact Debate round two is tonight I would touch on politics and religion this week. I would like […]

Here is a quick video we did to discuss the details and philosophy of the pipeline conference. For more info on the conference check out the website. Pipeline Conference 2008 | Utica, NY from MZM Cornerstone on Vimeo.

Biden had a huge challenge ahead of him before the night began tonight. When I used to play basketball we had pick up games where a girl would want to play we all hated it because no one wanted to guard the girl. If you played her to tough you were a jerk. If you

Love the fact good shows are back on the air – could not force myself to watch Japanese Game show or House guest or The next great broadway star whatever those nutty shows are that they put on during the summer. Elections drive me crazy – I always vote sometimes I have to hold my

Read a couple of great blog posts from my friend Jonathan about failure. Then I read this in my devotional. I think God is trying to say something to me. Failure provides the opportunity not only to humble the self, but also to be with the failure of others. If your life or mine were

The website is up for the Pipeline conference. The online registration is active. We are open for business. I have been talking to quite a few children’s pastors the past few weeks and am starting to get very excited. I think we are going to be be building something different from the ground up and

You thought Jim Carey was flexable. Check this guy out. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AnYtHKqEcc&feature=related

I think there are some very fundamental across the board mistakes we make when it comes to outreach. 1. Everyone else does it outreach – I fell into this one with VBS. I am not a VBS hater I just began to judge the effectiveness of what we do and VBS was not working for

There are a ton of things you can do. I believe that what you do for outreach should be all about values. What we don’t do. VBS Harvest Parties Ect. Do I hate these things no not at all I just felt that they were robbing from the resources that we had to do what

I was reading the message boards on the kidology site and came across this post from Todd McKeever. He posed a great question that I believe is worth all of our time. What does creative outreach look like? Here is what he had to say: I have been wondering for some time and will throw