I’m Neil MacQueen, a Presbyterian minister who develops Christian education resources. I wrote this blog from 2008 to 2019 to share my experience and ideas outside of my main gig working for Sunday Software and Rotation.org. I’ve been working in and with churches for 35+ yrs, done some writing & speaking, and been engaged in some inventive ministry efforts along the way. Most people know me from my work with Sunday Software and the Workshop Rotation Model for Sunday School. Both of these ministries grew out of my dissatisfaction with the “same old approaches = same old results.” I tend to look at things differently — which I think is a blessing, but some think is a curse. (See more “about me” below…)
Here are a few of my latest posts:
- Was God dancing at Creation? – a word study
- The Nose of God – a word study on “wrath”
- God is not the slot machine many Christians imagine and Atheists ridicule
- Worship: What the People Experience vs. What the Pastor Experiences
- The Empty News
- Jesus the April Fool
- My (Brief) Return to Traditional Worship
- 15 Church Website Pet Peeves
- Where is God in the world?
- “Religion” as a Glimpse -another Atheism and Faith Project article
- Palm Sunday for Believers and Un-Believers
- The Importance of Visitor/New Member Speed Bumps
- “Responsive Design” and Why Your Church Site Needs It
- A Response to Atheists
- 7 Things Not to Do to Your Pastor on Sunday
- What a Pastor Really Does
- Sunday School (is not?) In Decline
- When Young Adults Don’t Come Back to Church
- Top Ten Reasons to Teach Sunday School
- Boys (and Men) in Church (or not in church, as the case often is)
- List of Ideas for Attracting Visitors
- I am an ordained Presbyterian minister specializing in Christian education and online resources.
- Through my Sunday Software ministry I produce 18 different interactive software programs for kids.
- I’ve served six different churches, two as an Associate Pastor, two as a Parish Associate, one as an Interim pastor, and one as an intern.
- I am the founder and now webmaster and lead writer at www.rotation.org, a non-profit Sunday School ministry.
- Ohio State Class of ’81, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary Class of ’85.
- My wife and I are now living back in Central Ohio to be near the grandkids after having lived in Florida since 2012, and on the island St Croix USVI from 2008-2012 (which explains the ocean theme of this blog).
- I have found the process of writing this blog to be a helpful discipline for collecting and sharpening my thoughts on a variety of subjects and interests.
Some more favorite links:
- Free Sunday School teacher recruiting and training resources at rotation.org. I’ve written a number of these resources sharing my own lesson writing insights and teacher training resources from lots of experienced educators.
- Really creative Sunday School lessons from the Rotation.org Writing Team –I write for this team and these are all lessons I heartily approve of.
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