Jeremy
40 Parenting Tips
Chris Spradlin over at EpicParent.tv wrote a list of 40 parenting tips in honor of his 40th birthday. It's a noteworthy list:
1. Take lots of pictures
2. Leave notes in your kids lunches
3. ALWAYS ASK FORGIVENESS
4. Let...
Memorizing Bible Verses @ Home
I credit this to my Mom! When my brother Brad and I were young, my Mom would help us memorize Bible verses. We had no idea at the time what an impact knowing these...
Fall of Judah (story, video & audio)
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After a series of "evil" kings, the LORD God sends King Nebuchadnezzer of Babylon into the land of Judah and exiles its king and people. Later, King Neb destroys the city...
5 Ways to Get Kids to Listen in Your Ministry
Wayne Stocks wrote a great article entitled: Five Ways to Get Kids to Shut Up! Humorous and intriguing title, right? Read below:
1. Keep them Engaged
When kids are engaged they are much less likely to...
Top 5 Posts from this Past Year
I've almost had this blog for one year. It's been fun. As a matter of form, I usually don't like to talk about the function of blogging (self-promotion) in that I think that content...
The Gathering (video)
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Two months ago, Charlene Rohr called me and told me about a dream she had the night before. In her dream, she saw youth groups from around the area at an event together,...
Youth Ministry: Are You Relevant?
I'm currently 33 years-old. I'm not that old, yet, But in a teenager's world, I am OLD! And I feel it... not in a diminishing physical way, but in an ever-widening gap between me...
Church Nursery: More Than Just Babysitting?
Almost 2 years ago, we relocated our church's nursery to another part of our facility. In conjunction with this move came a refocusing of our programming and curricular intent. We thought it was important...
More is Caught than Taught
I was driving down Railroad Street in Hayward, WI the other day and a truck with a camper trailer pulled out in front of me between Marketplace Foods and McDonalds and made me stop...
Nerf Battles
This past school year, about 10 elementary boys and I (and Pastor Heath and Wes) have really enjoyed playing Nerf battles here in our church building. The tradition kind of started when the students...
King Josiah of Judah
King Josiah's dad and grandfather were kings, and not very good kings at all.
Josiah became king at the age of 8, and it wasn't until the 18th year of his reign that in the...
