Monthly Archive: May 2009

Planning and Preparation 0

Planning and Preparation

Over the last four years at Cornerstone, we have not developed a reputation for planning our services.  We typically showed up on Sunday morning and hoped everything would fall into place.  Most weeks it did, although...

Tweens and the Bible 1

Tweens and the Bible

Through the Blogger review program at Thomas Nelson, I had the privilege to review the Next Generation New Testament.  Anytime I can take a look at how companies are combining technology with youth ministry...

For the sake of your children, fix your marriage 1

For the sake of your children, fix your marriage

I found myself watching the end of Jon & Kate plus 8 last night, and like many of you, I found myself both saddened and upset that their marriage struggles were on national tv...

Make Us Servants 0

Make Us Servants

I’ve been thinking about the many teenagers that I have spent time with over the past 13 years of youth ministry.  Some of the teens have really excelled in life and faith, while others...

Praisin’ In The Park 1

Praisin’ In The Park

For the second year in a row, our church is joining other area churches to do a week-long event for children.  I finished up a quick website for it last night using iWeb.  After...

Ministry Website Plugins 0

Ministry Website Plugins

I came across an interesting service by the church web design company elexio. They are offering several different ministry related plugins that will work with any church website. Currently, I am trying out the...

Staying S.O.B.E.R. 1

Staying S.O.B.E.R.

Another awesome weekend at Cornerstone.   I am thankful to be part of a church that doesn’t mind shaking things up! We did things a little differently this week.  Usually our Saturday night and...

Subscribing by Email 0

Subscribing by Email

Just reminding everyone that there is an easy way to stay current with my posts here on the blog. You can just enter your email address below and whenever I post an entry, you...

Choosing an email service 0

Choosing an email service

Are you currently having trouble with your email service?  Let me share with you some guidelines on choosing which service to use for your email. Don’t Use The Email Address Provided by your Internet...

Don’t Neglect Your Gift 0

Don’t Neglect Your Gift

In some ways, looking back over the last 15 years, I realize that I have been a reluctant leader.  In 1 Timothy 4:14, Paul shares with Timothy this challenge, “Do not neglect the gift...