http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlspence07/450811740/ Any Kids' Pastor worth their weight in goldfish crackers has been there. It's the end of service. Kids and volunteers are ready for pick-up. Everything's good to go until you look at the clock and realize the senior pastor is going to go over. Panic suddenly begins to set it. In my current role … Continue reading Stuff Kids’ Pastors Like #5: “Playing 4 Corners to Stall When the Senior Pastor Goes Over”
10 People You’ll Meet in Line at the Grocery Store (Pt 2)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amoena/3948690433/ Picking up where we left off in Part 1, here are 5 more people you'll (unfortunately) meet in line at the grocery store: 6. The Price Checker No, the numbers on the price tag did not suddenly rearrange themselves when you picked it up like letters on your iPhone do when you shake it … Continue reading 10 People You’ll Meet in Line at the Grocery Store (Pt 2)
10 People You’ll Meet in Line at the Grocery Store (Pt 1)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walmartcorporate/5684720360/ Standing in line at the grocery store is excruciating. It can feel like you're a Forty-niner panning Stutter's Mill for just one nugget of gold fortune (or in my case a line at WinCo that I can get out of before my milk gets chunky). Unless your last visit was at age five when … Continue reading 10 People You’ll Meet in Line at the Grocery Store (Pt 1)
The Secret to Getting Things Done
http://www.flickr.com/photos/officialkareo/4576021804/ Have you noticed how your sock drawer suddenly needs reorganizing whenever you've got a big project due? Happens to me all the time. Unless you're a robot or a cartoon character that can shift into another space-time dimension to get things done at Ludicrous Speed, chances are you've felt the same way too. How … Continue reading The Secret to Getting Things Done
6 Things to Do After a Rapture False Alarm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glennztees/5345182525/ May 21, 2011 will go down in history as the continuation of life as we know it. Christian radio host Harold Camping's prediction that the rapture would happen on May 21, 2011 at 6pm local time, depending on your time zone, (apparently because God doesn't want a long line of rapturees at the Pearly … Continue reading 6 Things to Do After a Rapture False Alarm
One of the Best Ways to Build Trust in Any Relationship
Being wrong may be one of the best opportunities to build trust in just about any relationship. That's kind of a weird sentence. How can being wrong be an opportunity to build trust? It seems to defy the laws of logic in much the same way that Disney continues to allow Goofy to own Pluto. … Continue reading One of the Best Ways to Build Trust in Any Relationship
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