Sunday Resources

I’m Neil MacQueen, a Presbyterian minister. I wrote this blog from 2008 to 2019 to share my experience, knowledge, ideas, and resources for Christian education, plus interesting Bible topics, church needs & problems I have something to say about, and church tech topics. I’ve been working in and with churches and church staffs for 30+ 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