I’m Neil MacQueen, a Presbyterian minister. I created this blog to share my experience, knowledge, …and occasionally bold & ridiculous ideas & resources for Christian education, interesting Bible topics, church needs & problems, 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
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- Husband to a very patient and amazing wife.
- Father of 3 awesome young adults.
- Poopaw to two grandkids who light up my life.
- Ordained Presbyterian minister specializing in Christian education & software.
- Previously served as an Associate Pastor in two Presbyterian churches.
- Served as the Parish Assistant at the Reformed Church on the island of St Croix.
- Most recently served as Interim Pastor for Children, Youth and Family in a Presbyterian Church in Bradenton.
- Christian software developer …www.sundaysoftware.com.
- Author of several church-related books and magazine articles.
- Founder and now webmaster and lead writer at www.rotation.org, a non-profit Sunday School ministry.
- Ohio State (’81), Louisville Presbyterian Seminary (’85)
- Now living back in Central Ohio near the grandkids after living in Florida since 2012, and St Croix USVI before that, and… Yep. we have enjoyed some nice moves.
NHL hockey fan …just so you know. Go Blue Jackets!
because I love the Bible and want our kids to know its basics.
Check it out at www.sundaysoftware.com/bongo
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