life as best as i remember it…

Tomorrow my son will be the Teacher’s Assistant in his first grade class room. As part of his special day, Liam needs to decorate and fill a lunch bag with five things that define who he is. Now, granted, Mr. Bedi didn’t use the word “define” but rather “that tell the class about you.” This is [...]

I’m in the middle the third week of a new ministry year. I think that my head hurts more today than it did during the week before we launched our programming for this year. I went into yesterday thinking that I’d be able to get down to business and focus on getting my work done. [...]

Launching a ministry year boils down to a few weeks of chaos. Here are 25+ things that have kept my attention at work this past week. 01. Fill my iPod with get-down-to-business playlists 02. Finish scripts 03. Get those scripts to leaders 04. Drink coffee 05. Have a day filled with SEVEN meetings 06. Record DV:FX teaser video 07. Record and edit [...]

Do you use 252 Basics? Do you handout the Refrigerator Cards every week? Do your kids use them for the right reasons or for making paper airplanes? In the past few weeks, we’ve decided that we needed to share with our kids why we give them these colored pieces of paper each week as they leave their [...]

We’re starting to gear up for our family production around Ada Bible Church. We’re making sure everything is in place for opening night on October 7. Next Sunday we’ll begin our buzz-campaign in the elementary environments. Matt Bell and I shot this quick promo-video. One camera. One take. One laugh after another… at least we think [. […]