What Should Elementary Students Learn on the Informal Level?
Bible memorized.
Scripture alive.
Character enacted.
Kingdom ethics embodied.
Spiritual disciplines engaged and practiced.
Discipline applied.
Can You Combine Formal and Informal?
It is on this informal level that real, long lasting life change is fostered, developed and matured. God has ordained the family to be...
A Note about Principle and Topic Based Curriculum
I am not against principles or truths or topic based curriculum. However I do see inherent dangers in these types of approaches:
Bible stories are...
What Do Elementary Children Need on the Formal Level?
I believe that elementary aged students should be taught Bible stories. I think they should be immersed in Bible stories. They should hear them,...
Formal and Informal Teaching Environments
I’m thinking through curriculum evaluation and selection right now, particularly what kids on the formal level need to be taught (i.e. story, principles, topics,...
What Happens in the Woods is Always a Mystery!
It seems that what happens in the woods is often very mysterious!
Blessed Are Those Who Run in Circles…
Our pastoral staff went and checked out a couple of church buildings for sale in a nearby community. In a side office of one...
Jonah “In a Fish” Craft
How to Make "Jonah in a Fish" Craft:
a balloon
paper plate cut and colored as fins
a teddy graham (prior to inflating the balloon)
tape to secure...
The Need for Presence and Space for Faith to Grow in...
The church must assume the role as a training ground for parents to be the soul doctors for their children ... in order to...
The Family is the Best Context for a Holy Life Lived...
Every day, countless young people leave the church and, worse, abandon their faith for something "more" in North America. What has been our response?...
A Week @ Kids Camp 2012
This week is Kids Camp 2012.
I'll be blogging and sharing highlights from this impactful experience at:
wikidscamp.org
It’s Gonna Be Quiet Around Here for a Bit
I just want to let you know that it's gonna be quiet around here for a while. Not because I have nothing to say...







