Category Archives: Christian Education ~ Ideas and Advice

Every month I get calls and emails from the parents and teachers of “special needs” kids asking about our software. They want their kids to thrive in Sunday School, but the classrooms and volunteer teachers are often not equipped to … Continue reading →

The germ of this article started years ago when a teacher complained about a video depicting a “white-looking Jesus with blue eyes“.  What is Jesus “supposed” to look like? A few years ago, an anthropologist came up with this “likely … Continue reading →

 Neil’s “Bible Snapshot”… Sunday School as a “Bible plug-in”   Recently I posted about the importance of explaining “What Sunday School is”, as many don’t seem to believe in it anymore. Sunday School has a P.R. problem. See my “tree” post … Continue reading →

“Sunday School is a tree.” That is what I’ve finally concluded after all these years of trying to explain what Sunday School is to people in a way that was simple, imaginative, and yet profoundly true. Sunday School is the tree Zaccheus climbed … Continue reading →

I’ve just posted an article about the failure of youth ministry that I’ve been sitting on for a number of years. I didn’t write it. It was written by Mike Yaconelli, the founder of Youth Specialties and Youth Worker Journal, … Continue reading →

In my church, we are distributing stones on New Year’s Day worship and encouraging members to “throw stones” in the tradition of Tashlikh for the New Year. We also dipped apples into honey receive a blessing for the new year. … Continue reading →

I ran across the ‘Rethinking Youth Ministry’ blog recently and it’s full of interesting thoughts. www.rethinkingyouthministry.com In addition to some good thoughts, research and ideas, my biggest take-away from their site was that there are many veteran youth workers and … Continue reading →

Not for the faint of heart… I’m going to make a HUGE UNCOMFORTABLE CRITIQUE of traditional Youth Sunday School here. I’m doing it as a three decade veteran of youth ministry, which by the yardsticks at the time (ie “numbers), I … Continue reading →