In a recent promo for public education, professor of political science at Tulane University and MSNBC host, Melissa Harris-Perry, stated the following: “We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities. Once it’s everyone’s…
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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…
There appears to be a growing concern among researchers that our obsession with sports (at least in America) has moved it from “recreation” status of yesteryear to that of “folk religion” today. If that’s true, then it makes sense that the Christian Church as a whole (as well as local churches) would be greatly affected….
Fun isn’t the Antidote for Boredom
Back in 1985, I had the privilege of spending nearly nine months in Brisbane, Australia as a missionary intern. At the time, I had absolutely no idea I would one day be a Children’s Ministry guy (I was a journalism major at the time). There were so many highlights to that trip that are all…
The Short Attention Span Myth
Attention span is the amount of time that a person can concentrate on a task without becoming distracted. If you lost focus before making it to the end of that sentence, then you have a really, really short attention span! In all seriousness, the belief that virtually all modern children have short attention spans has totally changed…
What’s in a Name? (part 2)
You don’t have to read very far in the Old Testament to learn the importance of names. Adam’s name for his wife certainly summed up her role as the “mother of all the living.” Jacob’s name captured a theme of much of his life, until God graciously changed it to Israel. And, most importantly, the…
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