God’s been working on me a lot lately. Like really a lot. It’s been a lot of little things that have added up to some big changes in my attitude and my outlook on life and my role as a Christ-follower. Several months ago, our worship leader preached one Sunday morning when our pastor was out. He talked about how… View Post
SOAP Method of Bible Study with Kids
If you’ve never tried the SOAP method of Bible study with kids (yours), I’d like to strongly encourage you to do so. I think it is probably most effective with kids who are reading fairly independently and for whom writing would not be a laborious chore, but any age could still benefit. We tried this method a bit last year,… View Post
Weekly Wrap-Up: The One on the First Week of School
We did it! We survived the first week of school in our first year of year round schooling completely unscathed. Okay, maybe “completely unscathed” is not quite accurate. This week wasn’t without its bumps and bruises, its whining and complaining, but overall things went really well, particularly considering that I cut our usual summer vacation short by four weeks. One… View Post
Set the Example
You are the example. The question is “of what?” I tweeted the above quote from our pastor a few weeks ago. It’s thought-provoking, isn’t it? You are the example…but, the example of what? photo credit There is always someone watching you – your kids, your neighbors, that guy in traffic who cut you off only to drive insanely slow, a stranger… View Post
What’s in the Bible Review
I’ve been hearing about What’s in the Bible? for a while now. While I am a huge Veggie Tales fan and I knew Phil Vischer, creator of Veggie Tales, is also the creative genius behind What’s in the Bible?, the videos looked like they were for much younger viewers than my crew, so I hadn’t really paid much attention to… View Post