I saw this headline in the globe and mail’s online edition and obviously I had to check it out.  What an incredible story.  Honestly, it stirred some intense emotion in me as I read the story.  You can read it here.  It’s about how the people of Jacmel, instead of celebrating with carnivals are choosing [...]

So tonight is our junior high program called Fuel and I am really excited.  We’re doing something we haven’t done in a while, we’re using a pre-made curriculum package and so far it’s been pretty good.  It’s called Get Your BUT Out Of The Way and it’s from Simply Junior High.  We did week one [...]

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I have the unenviable task of writing a review on a poem. Lucky me! Before I get there though I have a few comments on the chapters that precede it. [...]

So, it’s resource Thursday again and this week I have something for the administrator in all of us.  It’s something that I’ve been using for a while to track attendance and it’s been a huge asset to us. ChurchMetrics.com is a free resource for churches looking to track multiple campuses, multiple services, volunteers/attendees and [...]

Over the last two weekends I’ve had the great experience of being at Bedlam, a junior high retreat put on by our district.  It amazes even now how such a simple formula can consistently pump out incredible results.  Our students always come back energized and motivated and sometimes even transformed by the experience.  God shows [...]