Brief Synopsis: In this post I share what my two year old Nathan taught me about prayer. It’s amazing what a toddler can teach you!

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I have always said, and still do, that I blog principally as a means of processing my own thoughts and recording my own walk with Jesus.  I find that writing things out helps me to process them in a way that nothing else does.  However, something strange happened along the way, a God thing if you will, people started to read what I was writing and give feedback on the site.  You can imagine my surprise!   Suddenly, I felt God calling me (tugging me really) in a whole new direction to share my thoughts and experiences through blogging and allow him to use it to edify others.  I try not to say “No” to God as much as possible, so I went ahead writing and trusted Him to use it however he wished.

Through blogging though, and other online endeavors, I’ve met a slew of wonderful people who work in kidmin.  Not the least of those was Tony Kummer from Ministry-to-Children.com.  Ministry-to-Children.com quickly became one of my favorite sites, and I was flabbergasted when Tony asked me to start writing for his site several months back.  Given that Tony’s site would allow me to reach more people with the thoughts and ideas that God was laying on my heart, I quickly accepted and have published a number of articles on that site over the last several months.

Then, about 3 months ago, I got another idea – some might call it a wild hair, but I really felt like it was something else God was leading me to do.  The more I talked to people online, the more I found out that many of those I had assumed were in full-time ministry were actually, like myself, either volunteers or working in a bi-vocational capacity.  It seemed like that perspective was missing in the Kidmin blogging world, and so Kidmin1124.com was formed and launched on June 15th of this year.  In the beginning, it was a collaborative effort of a core of four writers.  We have since grown to ten writers.  I am proud of the group we have assembled over there (in a “proud my God brought us all together” kind of way), and I am excited about the future and possibility for that site.

So, what does any of this have to do with Dad in the Middle?  In recent weeks, I have felt a bit like the Church of Ephesus having forsaken my first love – that being Dad in the Middle in this case.  I have invested countless hours in the launch and growth of Kidmin1124, and I have written what I have been told are some fairly good articles for Ministry-to-Children.  In fact, I feel like over the last several months I have pushed some of the meatier stuff either to Kidmin1124 because it deals with issues relevant to volunteers or Ministry-to-Children because I feel like it has a wider readership and the articles will be more impactful there.  That has, sadly, left Dad in the Middle relegated to my third choice for publishing articles.  I don’t think what has been published here has been altogether bad, but I just feel like it has suffered.

So what? You ask, or don’t, I’m still going to tell you.  Why I am sharing any of this?  Well, because I needed an article for Wednesday of course! Just kidding.  I am sharing because things are going to look a little bit different around here for the next couple or few weeks.  I am going to focus on linking you to some of the articles I have published elsewhere which I think may be beneficial to our readers here.  That sounded good didn’t it?  I’m actually doing it because I have fallen woefully behind in posting those articles, and I have something in the hopper that I want to focus some attention on.  There will be some articles mixed in along the way (the normal Monday Morning Prophecy, Saturday video, etc.) and next Tuesday is the day for the August installment of The Children’s Ministry Blog Patrol, but largely I will not be publishing new stuff on this site.  I am excited about this new series and feel like it is something that needs to be written.  So, when I come back to regular posting you can expect a ten / eleven part series which may just ruffle a few feathers.  The idea has been percolating in my head for months now, and the need was made clear to me in a conversation with a friend at the CM Expo back in July.  Maybe Tony will let me do a summary of it over on Ministry-to-Children once it’s all published.

Following that, my pledge is to spread the dearth (opposite of spreading the wealth) between all three sites.  Let’s face it – I have a lot to say!  I’ll leave it to all of you to figure out whether or not it’s worth reading…

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We begin Spotlight on our Sponsors with Christianity Cove.  Rather than wax eloquently on my own (right!), I decided to ask Mary-Kate Warner some questions about the site to give us a better idea what they are all about.  Here is the transcript of that interview:

Thank you so much to Mary Kate Warner for telling us about her site.  I’m not a coffee drinker, but I have put my feet up and explored Christianity Cove.  The wealth of information there is amazing, and I am glad that they are one of our sponsors.  I hope that you will check them out as well!  If you do, please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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Introduction

The prophecies of the Old Testament indicate that the Messiah would be called Lord. While this may seem like a given to us today, the Old Testament leaves no doubt about the title of the coming Messiah.

Old Testament Prophecy

New Testament Fulfillment

Return to the Monday Morning Prophecy index page.

Image courtesy of Abby Reed

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@evdoyle Maybe they're tracking which room in your house the book is in? in reply to evdoyle 12:03:53, 2010-08-28

@samluce 2nd league solely for people who couldn't handle the heat of the 1st league, right? in reply to samluce 21:34:59, 2010-08-27

@kidologist Just saw this! Go Dark wk was refreshing. I'm sure it's not as fun or scenic as Yosemite Summit, but it works for me. in reply to kidologist 16:10:30, 2010-08-26

@adolan So far behind in responding to people! It was great, but it's good to be back! Hope all is well with you. in reply to adolan 16:08:06, 2010-08-26

@samluce Sanitize the camp day? jk How big of a space and how many kids? in reply to samluce 15:15:43, 2010-08-22

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• Late Saturday Night my wife needed help with work she does for the High School Sports program.  They were having a meeting Sunday afternoon, and she needed the accounts reconciled before then.  I had planned for everything I needed to do, but I didn’t plan for what my wife needed.  I had to turn my computer on for about a hour to help her with that.
• There was one day where I was expecting a personal e-mail, and I ended up checking my e-mail more often than I had laid out in my original plan.
• I didn’t remember what I said in my rules about text messaging, and frankly I haven’t gone back and looked.  I did send a handful of messages to my wife by text message during the week.

There, I feel better now having admitted that.  So, what did I do with my Dark Week?  I read! I read a lot.  Just for fun, here are the books I read:

1. Blue Like Jazz…Donald Miller
2. Parenting Beyond Your Capacity…Reggie Joiner & Carey Nieuwhof
3. To the Rising Generation: Addresses Given to Children and Young Adults…Jonathan Edwards
4. Turning Your Child’s Failures Into Success…Jim Wideman
5. The Ultimate Children’s Ministry Survival Guide…Ivy Beckwith
6. The Kidology Handbook…Karl Bastian (started)
7. Created to Learn…William Yount (started)
8. Rock Solid Teacher…Gregory C. Carlson (started)
9. Morning & Evening…C.H. Spurgeon – I did a lot of catching up in this one.  It’s a daily devotional.  I was doing well at the beginning of the year, but I fell behind and stopped reading sometime in May.  I got all but a couple of week caught up.

I did a lot of additional reading I had printed out – research, curriculum, etc. and caught up on some back issues of magazines I hadn’t read.

In addition to all that, I got a couple of months of lesson plans for Sunday morning at least preliminarily mapped out.  I got a lot of praying done too.  It’s amazing how easy it is to find time to talk to God without all the distractions and noise.

So, I mentioned that it was a lot different this year too.  Last year I was a little worried about whether or not I could stick to the plan.  This year I was really looking forward to the week as a means of winding down.  It wasn’t nearly as “hard” this year, but I think that had a lot do with knowing that I could get through it and knowing the benefits of unplugging.  By Friday night, I was ready to plug back in, but when I did I realized that it had definitely lost its pull.  I actually considered going two weeks this summer.

Anyhow, it was definitely a worthwhile week and something that I am planning on doing again next summer.  I know of a couple of people who were talking about going along with Go Dark week this summer.  If you did, leave a comment below and let us know how it went!

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This week, as I was reflecting on those things, my mind started to wander to the book of Judges.  Now I have never stabbed a fat monarch through with a knife, killed 600 people with an ox goad, or driven a stake through a sleeping man’s head. I haven’t attacked an army of men with only torches and trumpets.  I’ve never promised to sacrifice my daughter in exchange for a victory in battle.  I don’t have long hair, and I’ve never chopped anything into 50 pieces and sent them as gifts to every state in the union.  That said, there is one verse that really resonates with me and my life from the Book of Judges (two verses really, but they say exactly the same thing).  Judges 17:6 and Judges 21:25 both read:

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

The pattern followed by the Israelites through the book Judges is pretty pronounced.  They would go their own way and do their own thing until things got so bad that they cried out to God.  At that time, God would have mercy on them and save them – more often than not through the most unexpected means.  They would follow God for a while, but as the memory of the God’s prior acts of graciousness faded, the Israelites would fall back into the pattern of doing “what was right in their own eyes.”

I find that I follow this own roadmap in my own spiritual journey.  Now, I don’t generally devolve into immorality but the pattern is very similar.  I struggle with placing myself fully in the hands of God.  I work, and I prepare, and I plan, and I try my hardest to accomplish the goals I have for myself in my life.  When that doesn’t work, I reach a point where I realize that I need to give it over to God.  My prayer life gets more intense, and I “feel” closer to God.  He is faithful in answering those prayers, and my spiritual journey feels like I am on a mountaintop.  Like the Israelites though, as time passes and I get more comfortable with how things are going in life, I find myself drifting back to “doing what is right in my own eyes.”  In my life that is trying to fix things myself and relying on my own efforts rather than relying on God.  After a while, something happens that reinvigorates my relationship with God (usually some sort of trial).  I start praying more fervently once again and relying of God.  As I reflect back on my life with Christ over the last several of years, I see this pattern more often than I would like to admit.

My birthday prayer this year is that God would help me to rely on him more entirely and fully upon his provision and his grace.  I pray that he would help me to be more consistent in my relationship with him.  Mostly, though, I thank God for his grace and mercy.  No matter how much my devotion and consistency ebbs and flows, he is always faithful.  His love for me never changes, and he continues to rain down grace in my life.  Thank you God…for another year…for another day….for another minute….for another breath!

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Spurgeon wrote:

In this simple way, by God’s grace, a living testimony for truth is always to be kept alive in the land—the beloved of the Lord are to hand down their witness for the gospel, and the covenant to their heirs, and these again to their next descendants. This is our first duty, we are to begin at the family hearth: he is a bad preacher who does not commence his ministry at home. The heathen are to be sought by all means, and the highways and hedges are to be searched, but home has a prior claim, and woe unto those who reverse the order of the Lord’s arrangements. To teach our children is a personal duty; we cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids; these can assist us, but cannot deliver us from the sacred obligation; proxies and sponsors are wicked devices in this case: mothers and fathers must, like Abraham, command their households in the fear of God, and talk with their offspring concerning the wondrous works of the Most High. Parental teaching is a natural duty—who so fit to look to the child’s well-being as those who are the authors of his actual being? To neglect the instruction of our offspring is worse than brutish. Family religion is necessary for the nation, for the family itself, and for the church of God. By a thousand plots Popery is covertly advancing in our land, and one of the most effectual means for resisting its inroads is left almost neglected, namely, the instruction of children in the faith. Would that parents would awaken to a sense of the importance of this matter. It is a pleasant duty to talk of Jesus to our sons and daughters, and the more so because it has often proved to be an accepted work, for God has saved the children through the parents’ prayers and admonitions. May every house into which this volume shall come honour the Lord and receive his smile.

Why is this entry startling? Spurgeon originally published this devotional in Evening by Evening in 1868 over 140 years ago.  It seems that the recent push towards “family ministry” and recapturing the home as the center of child’s spiritual development is not such a new idea after all.  Nearly 150 years ago, Spurgeon identified parents abdicating their role as the spiritual guides of their kids as fundamental “for the nation, for the family itself, and for the church of God.”  As parents, we would do well to remember Spurgeon’s admonition that:

He is a bad preacher who does not commence his ministry at home.

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• Minute to Win It: Summer Edition
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• Minute to Win It!
• More Minute to Win It for Church
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Youth Leader Stash has done individual entries on a number of the games.  Here they are:

• LEAP SPOON
• TRIPLE PONG PLOP
• PAPER DRAGON
• ON THE NOSE
• BOTTOMS UP
• HUMAN TURBINE
• HANKY PANKY // TISSUE ISSUES
• CLEAR FOR LANDING
• TISSUE ISSUES / HANKY PANKY
• BITE ME
• KEEP IT UP
• EGG ROLL
• PLAYING CARD NINJA
• MOVING UP
• FACE THE COOKIE
• BUCKET HEAD
• BOUNCE THIS

You can find the official listing of games, along with videos on NBC’s official site: Minute to Win It.

So, has anyone else tried this?  What worked?  What didn’t?  The games aren’t until January, and I’m already excited about it! I plan to share my thoughts, ideas and questions as I move forward in planning these events. If you have any advice, I would love to hear it.

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Introduction

The Old Testament is clear that the coming Messiah would fill a number of roles. One of those roles was that the Messiah would bring Israel back to God.

Old Testament Prophecy

New Testament Fulfillment

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Image courtesy of Abby Reed

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@JohnFoleyIII You ought to blog about it. Hint! Hint! in reply to JohnFoleyIII 20:06:27, 2010-08-21

Google reader tells me I have 982 articles to read, and I thought I caught up on all my reading last week. 01:06:15, 2010-08-21

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1. The award for Oldest post on Dad in the Middle goes to What Does God Hate?

You heard right.  My very first post was about hate.  Even more it was about things God hates – not a very popular topic in our “God is Love” culture.  Originally published on Facebook on 7/28/2008, this post was inspired Proverbs 6:16-19.

2. The award for post with the greatest number of hits goes to Who Made God? (Questions Kids Ask).

The very first installment in the Questions Kids Ask series, this post has gotten more hits than anything else I have written to date.

3. The award for best take off on an annoying Facebook trend goes to 25 NOT SO Random Things About Me.

First runner up in the category of most popular post, and poised to step in should Who Made God? (Questions Kids Ask) not be able to fulfill it’s responsibilities is this little post I wrote back in April 2009.  Inspired by the “25 Random Things About Me” craze that was going around Facebook at the time, this post is much less random in nature.

4. The award for article that really kicked off this blog goes to Nightline Debate – Is Satan Real?.

Between July 2008 and the publishing of this article, I wrote a grand total of 15 of the 500 total posts.  This post marked the beginning of the remaining 485 posts from April 2009 through today.  I did the math, that 485 posts in 510 days in case you’re counting.  It’s a good thing this is Go Dark week!  I need a break.

5. The award for best idea that turned into a ridiculous amount of work goes to The Children’s Ministry Blog Patrol.

When I started the Blog Patrol on April 7, 2009, it was a weekly feature and did not focus entirely on Children’s Ministry. That changed in July 2009 when the Blog Patrol went to a monthly format and narrowed its focus to Children’s Ministry.  Each month, this post contains upwards of 100-200 posts from around the kidmin blogging world.  It serves as a great resource for me to find my way back to useful articles, but it does consume quite a bit of time.  Every time I think about ditching this monthly feature, someone tells me how useful they find it.

6. The award for most creative thing I ever posted is a tie between Someday and 50 Word Gospel.

Someday is actually a poem I wrote during last year’s Go Dark Week.  The 50 Word Gospel was in response to a challenge from the Kid Tech blog.  That was about as creative as things have been since Dad in the Middle started.

7. The award for my favorite “how to” post goes to 30 Ways to Get Connected with Your Kids.

This was actually one of my first posts on the work I was doing in Children’s Ministry.  It got a great response, and is still one of my favorites.

8. The award for the post with the most significant impact on Dad in the Middle goes to 8 Questions to Determine How Proud You Are.

It wasn’t the post itself that was do significant, but a link to the site.  David Wakerley from Kid Inspiration posted an article linking to my original article.  In that post, he poked fun at the current name of the blog – Wayne’s Random Thoughts.  That prompted me to come up with something else, and Dad in the Middle was born.  I wasn’t entirely happy with the name at the time, but it’s stuck and there’s no looking back now.

9. The award for the most out of ordinary post goes to A Christmas Carol Advent.

This was actually a series and not an individual post.  I decided to take a break from my normal posts and spend the 25 days in December leading up to Christmas analyzing and examining a variety of Christmas Carols.  I had a lot of fun doing this series.

10. Our final award – for favorite exposition of a Biblical passage goes to 8 Reasons to Get Involved in Children’s Ministry from Psalm 78.

I love working with kids, and I really enjoyed expositing Psalm for the blog.

There you have.  Thank you ladies and gentlemen for joining us for the 500th post.  I hope you will come back for many more!

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Brief Synopsis: In this post I examine how to make sure that Jesus is at the center of every lesson you put together for children’s ministry.

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We were preparing for a family outing to go to dinner with my niece and nephew and their kids for the fourth birthday of my great-nephew.  We had a fairly lazy stay-at-home Saturday morning and afternoon following a hectic week of VBS at church, so we all needed to shower and get ready to head to dinner.  My wife had finished her shower and was getting ready, then I hopped into the shower to get ready myself.  As I headed down the stairs to put my shoes on and head out the door to go to dinner, that’s when it all started.  I started through my pre-leaving mental checklist (yes, I’m a list person):

• Is Lyndsey (my seven year old) ready? Check.
• Has Jacob brushed his teach (he’s a nine-year-old boy and proper dental hygiene is not high on his list of priorities)? Check.
• Is Nathan dressed and ready to go?

…What?

…Where is Nathan?

…I thought he was with you.

…No, you were going to get him dressed!

Up until this point, this was a fairly routine exchange in my house.  It’s true what they say about younger kids in your family.  By the time you get to number four, you tend to be a lot less over-protective, and a constant line of sight to your kids is no longer considered a necessity. But, this day things took a turn for the worse.  We began to yell for Nathan, but there was no answer.  For the first couple of minutes, I was pretty sure that he was just playing with us, but like most three-year-olds, he doesn’t generally stay hidden for long.  So, after a few minutes of no response, I started to worry a little bit.  The next 20 minutes I can only describe as pure unadulterated terror.  As a parent, I can’t imagine anything more terrifying than losing your child.   Possibilities start to swirl around your head, and any one of them would spark enough nightmares for a lifetime.  On top of all that, I had just read an article the prior day about a little boy who wandered from his home and found dead a couple of days later less than a mile from his house.  After about 15-20 minutes of me searching every inch of the house and my wife, kids and neighbors search franticly outside, I ran to the basement to look around one more time.  By this time I was convinced that, if Nathan was in the house, he most definitely hurt and couldn’t call back.  And, if it gives you some context, that was the best case scenario in my head.  As I started to move boxes and search through the storage area yelling, I heard a faint sound.  What was that?!?  Did I really hear something, or was my head playing tricks on me? Then I heard it again:

Here I am Daddy.

Sweeter words have never been heard.  It turns out that Nathan had decided to hide because he thought he was going to be in trouble for not getting ready when he was told, and let me tell you that for a three year old he hid pretty well.

After all the ruckus died down, I started to reflect on the whole incident a little bit.  I realized that as fearful and helpless as I felt in those moments, God was always in control.  As Nathan’s earthly father, I do all I can to protect, but ultimately his fate rests entirely in the hands of his heavenly father.  Leave it to God to take something that nearly ripped my heart from my chest and use it to teach me something about my own spiritual journey.  You know what?  That’s one of the things I love about my heavenly father.

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I plan on writing more about my observations next week when I turn the computer back on.  Last year I posted a single post the Friday before Go Dark week and left up all week.  This year, I had some article I wanted to share, so I went ahead and wrote them ahead of time and scheduled them for this week.  Plus, Friday marks my 500th blog post here on Dad in the Middle, and that just seemed like something I should acknowledge.  That means that, even though you’re seeing new content each day, I actually haven’t visited this site in several days by the time you read this.  And, check back Friday for a very special episode of Blossom…errr Dad in the Middle.

So, in the words of Simon and Garfunkel:

Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again.

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Introduction

Last week, we looked at the prophecy that God’s temple would become a den of robbers. The Old Testament also prophesied that the Messiah would be consumed with zeal for God’s temple.

Old Testament Prophecy

for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. [Psalm 69:9 NIV]

New Testament Fulfillment

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. [Matthew 21:12 NIV]

When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” [John 2:13-17 NIV]

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New blog post: Cliche'd http://bit.ly/dx0puQ #kidmin 10:00:55, 2010-08-14

Just a reminder that I am in the midst of my annual Go Dark Week: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 Any activity you see from me was scheduled last week. 08:00:03, 2010-08-14

Go Dark week has officially started. I will see you on the other side. http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 00:01:00, 2010-08-14

@Dbaronness Thank you. in reply to Dbaronness 23:44:14, 2010-08-13

@Barbaragraves Good Night and Thanks! Looking forward to catching up next weekend when I plug everything back in! in reply to Barbaragraves 23:44:06, 2010-08-13

30 minutes until I Go Dark for a week: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 23:30:02, 2010-08-13

60 minutes until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 23:00:01, 2010-08-13

@henryjz Great news! It's hard to get into a routine when you don't even have a house. in reply to henryjz 22:57:54, 2010-08-13

@thurios Mwah hah hah hah hah!!!! Nope, just trying to rediscover the silence. in reply to thurios 22:57:14, 2010-08-13

@KMApple Thanks so much for all your recommendations. I have printed them to read and for my file. in reply to KMApple 22:44:00, 2010-08-13

@kidschurchco When I started I figured the harder it was to do – the more I needed to actually do it. Looking forward to it this year! in reply to kidschurchco 22:33:25, 2010-08-13

120 minutes until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 22:00:04, 2010-08-13

3 more hours until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 21:00:04, 2010-08-13

4 more hours until I step back a century or so and Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 20:00:05, 2010-08-13

@Barbaragraves You may be the only person I know who brews fresh coffee at 8 PM. in reply to Barbaragraves 19:52:31, 2010-08-13

@SavedSister7 We're lucky to have you. Can't wait to read what you're writing! in reply to SavedSister7 19:28:21, 2010-08-13

@gregbaird I was a little weary about doing it last year. This year I am really looking forward to it. in reply to gregbaird 19:27:49, 2010-08-13

@kidmin360 Thanks for the recommendation. I will have to check it out. in reply to kidmin360 19:27:08, 2010-08-13

5 more hours until it all goes off and Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 19:00:05, 2010-08-13

6 more hours until it all goes off and Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 18:00:04, 2010-08-13

Anybody know of/have a good summary of the effects of divorce on kids? I'm working on some research. Thanks. #kidmin #cmconnect 17:21:49, 2010-08-13

Ask me questions at http://listorious.com/stocksohio 17:03:53, 2010-08-13

Only 7 hours left until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 17:00:09, 2010-08-13

Just 8 hours left until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 16:00:02, 2010-08-13

9 hours left until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 15:00:16, 2010-08-13

Go Dark Week ( http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 ) has become a lot like vacation. I spend a couple weeks beforehand getting ready. Time to pay bills. 14:20:45, 2010-08-13

RT @SavedSister7: Wanna hear something really awesome? My mom's getting baptized @cbglades tomorrow night!!! My God totally rocks! // Sweet! 14:02:04, 2010-08-13

10 hours left until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 14:00:10, 2010-08-13

RT @TonyKummer: 2nd page in our free Gospel Coloring Page: Why do I need a King?… http://bit.ly/bmvIID // These are awesome. 13:44:55, 2010-08-13

11 hours left until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 13:00:04, 2010-08-13

12 hours left until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 12:00:16, 2010-08-13

RT @pastorjaredm: God > Me // The most important math equation I've ever learned. // I've always liked Me + GOD – Me = Everything 11:34:57, 2010-08-13

@johnincolorado Sorry, couldn't resist that temptation to RT your Tweet about compulsive RTs. in reply to johnincolorado 11:20:46, 2010-08-13

@ambushcreative Something I started doing last year. Here are the details – http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 in reply to ambushcreative 11:13:15, 2010-08-13

T-Minus 13 hours until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 11:00:04, 2010-08-13

T-Minus 14 hours until Go Dark week begins: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin 10:00:12, 2010-08-13

New blog post: PART 4 of 4 – TRANSFORMATIONAL CHILDRENS MINISTRY by IVY BECKWITH (A Dad in the Middle Review) http://bit.ly/aAh7OF #kidmin 09:00:41, 2010-08-13

Another new writer makes their debut on Kidmin1124.com today: http://bit.ly/d7Rm2n #kidmin #cmconnect 13:39:06, 2010-08-12

RT @Barbaragraves: Challenged by Frozen Lasagna: http://bit.ly/19awg7 #kidmin #fammin // Sometimes God speaks in the oddest places. 10:12:54, 2010-08-12

New blog post: PART 3 of 4 – TRANSFORMATIONAL CHILDRENS MINISTRY by IVY BECKWITH (A Dad in the Middle Review) http://bit.ly/bCTK3g #kidmin 08:01:38, 2010-08-12

I need book recommendations for my Go Dark week next week: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin #cmconnect 15:44:28, 2010-08-11

@TimInman Would love to review it for http://waynestocks.com in reply to TimInman 11:52:53, 2010-08-11

You have 7 hours left to win 3 free worship DVDs made by God's Kids Worship from Dad in the Middle. http://bit.ly/cH8fb2 #kidmin #cmconnect 11:10:48, 2010-08-11

Here's a post from @kidmin1124 that you need to read – What’s Really Important? http://bit.ly/bUDu33 #kidmin #cmconnect 11:05:45, 2010-08-11

@LShallenberger There is manual way to insert it in all your posts as well using the <!–more–> html code or use the button in WordPress. in reply to LShallenberger 10:56:19, 2010-08-11

@LShallenberger I use a plugin called Evermore. It lets you set the minimum length of your post & automatically inserts a read more link. in reply to LShallenberger 10:54:04, 2010-08-11

New blog post: PART 2 of 4 – TRANSFORMATIONAL CHILDRENS MINISTRY by IVY BECKWITH (A Dad in the Middle Review) http://bit.ly/bpRME3 #kidmin 09:00:36, 2010-08-11

Low expectations lead to low realizations. God doesn't want us to merely make it through life, he want us to soar. 08:57:10, 2010-08-11

@Barbaragraves I think when it comes to Twitter you're still allowed to make up words wherever needed. in reply to Barbaragraves 08:52:35, 2010-08-11

Part 1 of a lengthy review & discussion of Transformational #Kidmin by Ivy Beckwith. What do you think? http://bit.ly/b5Yng1#cmconnect 10:58:47, 2010-08-10

New blog post: PART 1 of 4 – TRANSFORMATIONAL CHILDRENS MINISTRY by IVY BECKWITH (A Dad in the Middle Review) http://bit.ly/b4YkZH #kidmin 09:00:43, 2010-08-10

98 hours until I Go Dark. My kids have "decided" to join me at least as far as TV goes: http://bit.ly/b20Vo7 #kidmin #cmconnect 21:49:17, 2010-08-09

Looking forward to our very 1st guest post on Kidmin1124.com in the near future. Anyone else interested in doing one? #kidmin #cmconnect 21:34:18, 2010-08-09

@jamie_doyle Can't tell if that's a look of fear or euphoria. in reply to jamie_doyle 21:32:58, 2010-08-09

There aren't many entries yet to win 3 free DVDs from God's Kids Worship. That means your odds are good! http://bit.ly/9QjIKg #kidmin 13:58:39, 2010-08-09

New blog post: Monday Morning Prophecy #38 – The Temple Would Become A Den of Robbers http://bit.ly/98m7sl #kidmin 09:00:40, 2010-08-09

@kidologist Karl, you are the best Chipotle evangelist I know! Makes me want to go get Mexican food now. in reply to kidologist 23:45:04, 2010-08-08

Great time at church this morning. I love that feeling when God just takes control and I get to sit back & just be vessel. #learningtoletgo 13:51:29, 2010-08-08

@anthony_prince I know. Couldn't resist though. It's the kinks that keep it interesting. Hope all went well! in reply to anthony_prince 13:28:39, 2010-08-08

My prayer this morning is that my efforts and preparation will take a back seat to the plan of God in reaching his kids. #kidmin #cmconnect 09:23:22, 2010-08-08

@anthony_prince Well, howdy partner! Welcome to the club. Hope everything goes well, but you'll never work out ALL the kinks. in reply to anthony_prince 09:21:14, 2010-08-08

New blog post: Wayne's Weekly Twitter Digest – 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-07 http://bit.ly/chJuGt #kidmin 00:11:37, 2010-08-08

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True Pain and Suffering

Evidence

Leaving God the Leftovers!

]]> In the tradition of punk’d, this video exposes the overuse of cliche by many Christians in evangelism. It should get you thinking about how you talked to non-Christians.

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1. True Pain and Suffering
2. Evidence
3. Leaving God the Leftovers!

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