Creating a Smaller Here

The following paragraphs are taken directly from Stephen Johnson’s blog. In his essay introducing The Long Now Foundation, Brian Eno tells the story of visiting a wealthy friend in her downtown loft, in an otherwise destitute Manhattan neighborhood circa 1978: I...

The Art of Innovation

Guy Kawasaki is a Twitter and social media expert.  He’s the founder of Alltop, the online magazine rack (which I use as my homepage).  At the world’s largest consumer electronics tradeshow (CES), Guy gave a presentation entitled “The Art of...

The Hour of Power

From the fog of past memories, I recall a televangelist show named the “Hour of Power.”  I do not recall what happened on the show, probably because I often changed the channel to something more like the “Hour of Cartoons” (which I was obsessed...

Attractional and Missional Ministry

Last fall my church’s senior leaders introduced the staff to the book “The Externally Focused Church” by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson.  Over the summer I’ve been thinking about how to apply some of those principles to children’s ministry. In Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus...

Think Differently

I apologize for the length of this blog post in advance… Every summer I end up with about a little over 4 weeks to prepare for the fall.  The vast majority of my summer is spent planning and executing our preschool camp (Hot U Jr) and elementary camp (Hot U). ...