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As I continue to lead our summer interns, I am amazed at the passion and talent each of them bring to the ministry workplace each and every day. They are working hard at performing their assigned tasks with excellence but it is also beautiful to see them putting just as much effort into self examination [...]

If you are not using twitter yet you may want to consider jumping in. If you dont know what twitter is here is how wikipedia defines it: Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter web [...]

My wife recently blogged about a new bike my son received as a gift and it is pretty cool. Not only does it have pedals for his feet but it has a hand crank on the handlebars to add to the workout he gets when riding. Man does he love it! Michael really likes it [...]

Sorry for the delay in my normal daily postings, but I have been guest blogging on our Senior Pastor’s website about the topic of small groups. If you are passionate about small group ministry you will want to Click here to jump in on the discussion and leave some comments with your opinions. His first [...]

The Jesus Film is a classic Christian film that has been around since the late 70′s. I remember growing up and seeing this movie at church and with my family. The original film has been translated and distributed into 1033 languages around the world but is beginning to look dated. So, what they are considering [...]

This summer kind of took me by surprise as I ended up having to lead our Student Ministry. It has been great to jump in to this department again and to work with a great team of people to reach the teens in our church and this community. While I know this area of ministry [...]

While browsing the web I found a new cool way to look at photos in flickr. We use flickr to share photos with friends and family. The tool is called Tag Galaxy. Basically you put a keyword in the search box and your photo results come back by keyword but organized in planets! As an [...]

Praying at meal times is a pet peeve of mine. I hate praying just because we always pray at meal times. I want my prayers to be meaningful times with God and not cliche moments where I go through a ritual. Often I think prayers at meal times end up a cliche ritual with no [...]

My brother Dave came for a visit with his girlfriend and it was great to see him and hang out bit. Our first stop was the Shady Maple Smorgasbord for lunch and it was great. I haven’t seen anywhere else where you can get a dining experience with a buffet that is over 200 ft [...]

How do you measure the progress of a small group ministry? How do you know if you, as a champion for small groups in your church, are accomplishing your goals? First, you actually have to have them! Kevin Stone, our Executive Pastor, is a big fan of the S.M.A.R.T. method. Goals must be: Specific Measurable [...]