http://kidologist.com Karl Bastian's Personal Site and Blog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:16:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over on DiscipleBlog.com I have launched a new series called D.I.S.C.I.P.L.E.S.H.I.P. - Twelve Tips to help you become a more effective discipler of children. Here is the first one. To keep up with all twelve, subscribe to the DiscipleBlog.com RSS feed. D = Develop a Relationship "And He walks with me and ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/368173504/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/18/discipleship-series-launched/ Well, those who have played with me may not agree that what I do on the course qualifies as "golf" - but I think I have discovered a sport that I can really enjoy. And now that I have discovered a beautiful par 3 nine hole course near my house ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/367031720/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/16/yes-i-think-im-a-golfer-now/ As mentioned in my podcast interview with Speed Stack's Roger Washburn, I was sent one of the very first BattleStack games! And wasted no time in arranging the ultimate battle between boys and girls with my nephew and niece! Here is the video via YouTube: Or you can download a higher ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/365137540/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/14/kidologist-demonstrates-new-battlestack/ OK! I finally have a completely free day without meetings or anything toooo urgent, so I'm at the library to try and get a grip on my life and the swirling tasks, projects and never ending to-dos! In one sense, I'm in a good place. I'm doing a lot better at ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/364883983/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/14/operation-order/ Here are some Time Management Tips from the designer of this blog, Sean Copley from Timbuktoons. (Don't miss my Podcast interview with Timbuktoon founder Todd Hampson) Sean is a great guy and I know from personal experience, well organized. In their recent newsletter Sean gave away some of this secrets... CREATIVE ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/361253273/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/10/sean-on-time-management/ I know I am late, but I wanted to post this testimony from Tony Snow for my own keep-sake. Tony was a powerfully articulate speaker (my favorite Rush Limbaugh substitute) who was appreciated and admired by friends and foes alike. I learned so much from him about how our country ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/360419218/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/09/remembering-tony-snow/ I'm sitting in the auditorium at Willow Creek's Leadership Summit live in Barrington, IL, and just met a fellow MacBook Air user in the atrium blogging, so we swapped blog addresses and I returned to get a good seat. (enjoying free WiFi!) Anyway, I LOVED a post on his blog, ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/358682353/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/07/the-6-12-biggest-myths-about-creativity/ As I was reflecting today (a combination of praying, panicking and planning) God gave me a message that I just needed to post, mostly for myself - though if it encourages you, then so be it. I've just completed Day #2 of "Operation Mr. Mom" - nine days solo with my ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/354942333/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/03/a-little-advice-for-myself/ REPRINTED from the Kidology.org home page, want to make sure you don't miss this! These products are truly amazing and live up to the name "Awesome!" We've been working to get these on Kidology for a long time and just know you will find them a huge blessing to your ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/352908968/ http://kidologist.com/2008/08/01/win-nearly-600-in-awesome-video-products/ It's been a fun week as Gus and I have been doing several CM Celebrity Podcast interviews! If you haven't already, subscribe to our podcast and don't miss out on these upcoming entertaining and informative podcasts coming in the next few weeks. Our interview with Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/352196478/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/31/podcast-sneak-peek/ While the word "curriculum" may solicit yawns from many people, don't underestimate the importance of curriculum on your ministry! The foundation of your educational ministry is your curriculum. Everything else hinges from and is built upon the foundation laid by your educational hour teaching material. How high and how deep ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/349630378/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/29/curriculum-your-ministrys-foundation/ There's just something about a boy and his watermelon. I love how everything Luke does he does with so much joy. There is nothing mundane or normal to him. What is routine for us is pure excitement for him. Whether it be simply getting dressed, taking a bath, picking up ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/348005524/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/27/matermelon-jo/ HELP! I've been invited to a golf outing TOMORROW and, well, I need some quick advice so I don't make a complete fool of myself. Below is a picture of my clubs that I inherited from my late grandfather. (from whom I got the name 'Karl' for being born on his ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/346807039/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/26/help-need-golf-advice-asap/ If you know the old worship song, "Lord, You are more precious than silver..." then you'll like this new version for kids that I wrote years ago. It came out of Kids Concert of Prayer. We were singing this song, complete with "more costly than gold" and "more precious than ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/338617070/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/17/lord-you-are-kids-version/ ChildrensMinistryPodcast.com is now live, as is my second podcast with Gus. The topic: Making Your Ministry F.U.N.! You can even subscribe via iTunes so you don't miss an episode! MUCH THANKS to children's pastor and voice and technical talent Scott Neubauer for his help in bring my podcast from the dream stage ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/336355772/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/15/childrensministrypodcastcom-is-live/ Hey, jump over to www.jellytelly.tv and see what Phil Vischer is up to now. (sorry, doesn't work in Firefox, use IE or Safari) It's exciting to see what is coming, and his message is right on! We need to engage new media to reach today's kids, especially the ones that don't ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/335397045/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/14/what-phils-up-to/ ok, testing to see if I can now post pictures from my iPhone to my blog with the new iPhone 2.0 software and a combination of applications, well, here's to the test..... (hope it works!) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/333758001/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/12/test-of-photo-blogging-from-iphone/ The time has finally come! I'm launching a Children's Ministry Podcast this summer, and as usual, my blog readers get the first peek! So here is very first episode: Episode 1: What Are Your Red Sneakers? In this very first episode of Children's Ministry Podcast, Karl and his faithful sidekick Gus ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/327145095/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/04/sneak-peek-im-launching-a-podcast/ Finally someone talking sense about the rising gas prices. What you hear on the news is so distorted it borders on lies. I'll resist the urge to rant on the real reasons for why gas prices are going up so high. Watch this video, Newt's got a smart plan that actually ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/324239400/ http://kidologist.com/2008/07/01/newt-on-how-to-lower-gas-prices/ OK, as a peace offering to all my friends (and Canadians) who don't share all my conservative Republican views, here is a tribute I think we can all agree with! GOD BLESS AMERICA... ALL OF US! (even the weirdos) HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Thanks to Tannerman on Twitter for the link! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/323734428/ http://kidologist.com/2008/06/30/a-political-post-everyone-will-enjoy/ Over the last two years I've been going through my hundreds of VHS tapes from over fifteen years of children's ministry as a children's pastor and came across a video recently that I made TEN YEARS AGO around this time as a children's ministry appreciation video. This was in my ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/322976156/ http://kidologist.com/2008/06/29/village-church-kids-ten-years-ago/ The Kidology Univeristy is coming THIS FALL! (And it will be bigger and better than ever!) In this ToyBox Tales inspired video, meet some of the speakers as Karl does some "man on the street" interviews with just a few of the presenters coming to Chicago this fall! You can also ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/321413560/ http://kidologist.com/2008/06/27/a-walk-down-kid-u-street/ How many times have we prayed and asked God to bless our efforts... well, no more! Read on to discover why you should never ask God to bless your work! We want God to look down from heaven, see what wonderful things we are doing for Him, and to bless what ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/320805642/ http://kidologist.com/2008/06/26/god-do-not-bless-my-efforts/ Why are Christians afraid of politics? Getting Christians to discuss politics is harder than getting non-Christians to discuss Religion. I know the old saying, "Don't discuss politics and religion," but that saying comes out of the fear that we shouldn't talk about things of which we might disagree. But Christians, of ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/319096403/ http://kidologist.com/2008/06/24/why-are-christians-afraid-of-politics/ It seems that I see a lot of Obama bumper stickers, so I've been thinking of getting one for myself so I can join the crowd, but I don't see anything on the stickers that describes Obama's political philosophy. Yeah, I know "Change" but he offers nothing of real change, ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidologist/~3/318445133/ http://kidologist.com/2008/06/23/my-new-obama-logo-i-hope-he-likes-it/