Stories and movie clips can be a great way to get a point across. Both of them appeal to our visual senses as we either see the story in a movie clip or picture it in our mind as we
Stories to Tell: But I Just Can’t!
11 Ways You Can Improve Someone’s Day (& Yours Too!)
Walk someone else’s dog – good for you for exercise and takes a chore off someone’s hands. Plus the dogs love it! 2. Notice and compliment something good or wonderful in someone – people don’t hear enough honest compliments.
Teaching Discipleship vs. Making Disciples
In the movie, THE GUARDIAN, actor Kevin Costner plays Ben Randall, the instructor for new potential Coast Guard Swimmers. These are the ones who go into the water to save people often in frigid or dangerous conditions. In one
Seize THIS Day
A day can bring a lot of different things. One week ago, we were in the latter stages of an ice storm so all the schools were closed. (I received a phone call at 6am last Monday to tell me
It’s Child’s Play!
What did you enjoy doing as a child? Maybe it’s something you still do? Or is it something you used to eat and when you eat it now you feel like a kid again? Adults sometimes forget to eat childish
A New Day, A Different Workspace
Working in different places can inspire you. I enjoy a change of scenery and I believe God certainly uses our environment to influence our work. Here’s a place I get a lot of work done and enjoy as a change
You Don’t Need More Leaders
We started a camp for senior teens called Disciplemakers-in-Training (DIT) where we nurtured them in being disciples who made disciples. We worked with a small group of interested students. It included aspects of leadership and camp leadership but we were
What is it About You?
Okay, sounds like a gripe doesn’t it? Kind of like, “what’s wrong with you?” or “why are you so…?” But that’s not what I mean. What I’m saying is that you are unique. There’s no one else quite like you.
Stories to Tell: God Knows Your Name
Movie clips can be a fun way to illustrate a point. Subject: God’s love, God’s care for you and how He knows you personally, your uniqueness Intro: In the movie, AN UNFINISHED LIFE, a young girl named Griff (Becca Gardner)
Stories to Tell: Don’t Encourage Like Phil
Movie clips can be a fun way to illustrate a point either negatively or positively. They speak to our visual society. Subject: Encouragement, powerful words, competition, Intro: The movie, KICKING AND SCREAMING stars Will Ferrell as Phil Weston who sells