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A terrible tragedy occurred in the Chapman family today. This website speaks for itself (click here).

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Hello readers.  Sorry I haven’t posted in a while.  I’ve been busy on various projects.  I’ve actually got a new video podcast I’ve been doing that I want you to check out.  It’s at my children’s ministry website www.parkviewkids.org, or you can just click here to go straight to the podcast.  Let me know what you think.

A good friend in the ministry lost his wife this weekend. Instead of going to great detail about his loss, I’ve decided to include a couple of links. One is to his pastors blog which gives specific details of how everything happened, including TJ witnessing to the doctor just after his wife passed away. The other is to TJ’s own website that includes several notes from TJ. This is a man with an amazing testimony! Please take the time to read AND to pray for the Sipes family.

http://busterwilson.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-brevity-of-life

http://www.awana4u2.org/sipes

Well, by now all you leaders at Parkview Baptist Church should be in either Chapter 3 or 4 of The Kidology Handbook: Teacher’s Edition. I’ve been very busy lately and have gotten behind myself, so I’m going to begin my series of comments on Chapter 3 this week.

Hopefully, last week you studied about how to become a Kidologist and have already put into practice some of the steps and suggestions for how to become more like a kid and to learn more about your kids’ world.

This week we are going straight to the heart of those to whom we do ministry. Karl Bastian defines a kid as “a unique, one-of-a-kind individual who wants fun and needs love.” Read the rest of this entry »

VERVE 2.0 is coming April 25-26! Craig Jutila, Art Murphy, Jeff Slaughter, and breakouts. Check it out at www.childrensleader.com.

I’ve recently finished reading one of the best books ever written for children to help introduce them to the Redeemer, the Ancient of Days.  Order of the Ancient by Karl Bastian is set in the not so distant future where there is One Government, One Religion, and One Grand Deception.  But there is One Boy who will not give up until he finds the Truth. Read the rest of this entry »

Letter received from the Upward Bound Ministries Staff: 

To all of Uncle Charlie’s friends, fans and prayer warriors across the country & beyond

It has been exactly one month since that terrible day when Uncle Charlie nearly lost his life in a high speed head on collision in southern Oklahoma. We were told time and time again what a miracle it was that Uncle Charlie was able to survive. The more we learn of the details of the accident, the more we all realize how blessed and fortunate we are to still have Uncle Charlie around! Since that day, many more miracles have taken place, all of which we give God the praise and glory for!

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Well, I’ve finally done it.  I’ve faced my greatest fear.  No, I’m not terribly afraid of spiders.  My roomate in college had a 7′ ball python, so snakes are no problem for me anymore either.  Heights aren’t especially terrifying, and I love to fly.  It’s really nothing like that.  

Psst…come really close and I’ll whisper it in your ear.  They can smell fear, you know. ………………. Read the rest of this entry »

Okay, I’ve finally seen the Compass. Out of five stars, I give it 2-1/2. It’s not bad, but it’s not great either. The special effects and cinematography are outstanding and just what we’ve all come to expect in a blockbuster movie. Nicole Kidman was born for the role of Ms. Coulter, but alas, her role in the book did not translate well to screen. Actually, most of the book didn’t translate well to screen. As with many movies, certain elements of the book were changed, combined, or left out altogether.

The director made a statement or two near the beginning of the movie about the Magisterium that would lead this author to believe he has a base view of religion, at least the organized kind, however. The religious content of the rest of the movie was fairly bland, as well as all the rest of the content.

This movie seemed to be disjointed and did not tell the story very well. It could have been an epic adventure, but frankly turned into one or two good fight scenes.

I hope Pullman is disappointed with this first attempt. I think that if his idea really was to make a movie to sell books to turn all of our children into atheists, his plan has failed. I wouldn’t want to go out and buy the book after seeing the movie. I’m glad I read the book first.