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An International Children’s Conference in Sin City?–You bet! Something I am very excited this winter is a brand new international Children’s Conference. It is located in Las Vegas NV. I am excited because I believe this conference is going to be different from your average conference out there. What I am most excited about is […]

Something I am really excited that our church is doing this Christmas is taking part in something called the Happy Birthday Jesus Project. I am very excited to have a world class tool available to my family as well as the kids in our kids church the best part  is it is totally free. As

I have been on google wave for a couple of weeks now thanks to my very good friend Jonathan Cliff who happens to have a fantastic blog full of practical kids ministry goodness. So far despite it being a bit buggy here and there (totally expected because it so new) I think the possibilities are

Let's go Yankees! # Hoping @Jonathancliff is watching the former ranger Arod tie the game with a longball! #fb # Need to sleep but having a hard time doing so. Thinking about my yankees. # YANKEES WIN!!!! THEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!!! #fb # Somewhere in the plains of West Texas is an skinny, angry, texan and

My mancrush on Andy Stanley is well documented on twitter and my blog. I love his leadership insight every staff member of his I have met I have left the conversation amazed at their leadership ability and could see and hear the influance of Andy in every answer they gave. What I didn’t know until

I think after vision and calling the next thing that is important is the resources you choose to use. I am a huge believer in reading and networking because you become like those you choose to listen to. I know that my philosophy was largely shaped by my time alone with God and the ministries/resources

The first thing you need starting off in kids ministry is calling. The next thing which is just as important is Vision. You can’t lead without it because no one will follow. One of my college professors used to say that if you are leading and no one is following you are just going for

The winner of the the Go Fish VBS curriculum is….. Cash Hunter from Woodruff Road Christian Church Congratulations the winner was selected using a random number generator just encase you are wondering 🙂

I had a great conversation the other day with a kids pastor who was just starting out. She asked me what do I need to know? I want to spend the next couple of blog posts unpacking that question a bit. The first thing I think you need to be successful in kids ministry, actually

That guy who plays Obama on SNL is horrible. He sounds and looks nothing like him. # Angels go up on the sinking red sox! Woot! # The red sox getting swept and the Yanks sweeping the twins = Christmas come early #fb # SWEEP!!!!!! Hate the sox! SWEEP!!!!! #fb # RT @TheBombers: Yanks will