On Tuesday the police sealed off the entrance to our neighborhood. To get home we had to go in the back way (one way). The neighbor who “knows it all” informed us what had happened. The man who lived two houses over...
Read MoreTypically after every event I do, I make notes for the following year. On the server where we keep all the files, I’ll usually open a folder under “Surge” called 2008. In it will be a single word document with...
Read MoreSometimes I chuckle to myself when people use far-fetched allegories. You know what I’m talking about… using something you’ve noticed or read and applying it to a spiritual or ministry situation. Sometimes the...
Read MorePutting together this mission trip was a lot of work, but not nearly as much as it was putting together Venture Quest (our VBS type program) or summer camp. Actually the most frustrating thing was tracking down donations (we had...
Read MoreLike I said before, I had to reinvent the wheel here as I couldn’t get any help from anyone who had done this before. Fortunately I have participated on many mission trips (as an adult and as a teenager) and have led trips...
Read MoreGoodness, I’m not even sure where to begin. I guess I’ll start from square one… when I first decided to take kids on a mission trip. I believe it was in 2003, I was sitting in an all-day pre-conference with...
Read MoreAbout 9 months ago I wrote this post on taking kids on a mission trip. I was in the planning process of taking twenty 4th and 5th graders to Mexico. Unfortunately, I hit one of my blogging lulls when I actually went on the trip...
Read MoreI think I may be seeing orange. I couldn’t tell you for sure because I haven’t yet attended the Orange conference or read any materials concerning the movement. But, from what I have read, I have a feeling I’m...
Read MoreIt’s Sunday, so I thought I’d keep this one light. In the 11+ years I’ve been a Children’s Pastor, I hardly know what it is like to “attend” church. Typically I’d miss 2-4 weekends a...
Read MoreIn all of the things I’ve discussed the past 5 days, there was one element that brings it all together. It’s about submitting to the leadership God placed above you. I agree that generally speaking, children’s...
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