Category: Children’s Ministry
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And For My Next Trick….
Read More: And For My Next Trick….Stay tuned. I’m working on one of the most dangerous juggling feats of my career. Today is a research and development day for this new project. I love coming up with new routines for my show each year (this is the time of year to do it, now that camps have more or less finished…
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Dick Van Dyke’s new memoir: a review
Read More: Dick Van Dyke’s new memoir: a reviewDick Van Dyke came out with his memoir My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business not long ago. It’s a quick read because the narrative is engaging and the content of Dick’s life is, well, interesting. I have long been a fan of this man whom Craig Ferguson calls a “National Treasure.” I…
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The Learning Revolution with Sir Ken Robinson
Read More: The Learning Revolution with Sir Ken RobinsonHave you heard any of the brilliant talks about education and creativity by Sir Ken Robinson? Do yourself a favor and take 20-30 minutes to listen to any of these talks by him. His talk on how schools kill creativity is currently the most viewed (over 11 million views) video speech on the TED talks…
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“Holy Fools”: Exploring the Journey of Calling for Christian Variety Performers
I am happy to announce that my PhD dissertation has been published to ProQuest, an academic database for published research. I have made the dissertation open source, which means anyone anywhere can access the full content free of charge. Here is the full dissertation: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/holy-fools-exploring-journey-calling-christian/docview/2622316783/se-2 Please share far and wide. I am very much excited…
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The Easiest Large Group Game Ever
This is probably the easiest large group game ever invented. If you can think of an easier one, please let me know in the comments. Heads or Tails! This game of heads or tails involves EVERYONE in your large group. It is actually better the larger the group gets. There is an elimination factor to…
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A Children’s Ministry Poem
From the mouths of children come questions galore about heaven and angels and Satan and more. They speak what their hearts say without holding back, so the wonder of God is something they never lack. Oh God, who are you? Who inspires the minds of little ones many, so that they may find this Jesus…
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Joyner Family Christmas 2024 Update
Merry Christmas from the Joyners! Here’s a little bit of our life this past year. We hope and pray the Lord’s peace and blessing over you this Advent season. D – Our little guy is now 5 years old! This year he played Tee Ball in the Spring and started soccer this past Fall when…
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Children’s Sermon: Ezekiel’s Vision
One Sunday last month, I taught the children’s sermon. In our church, the children are with the adults for the first half of the Sunday morning worship. Then they come to the front for a blessing and/or children’s sermon before being dismissed for a separate teaching time during the adult sermon. I have found that…