Solutions

Hey Solutions readers!  A lot has gone on since my last post.  Incredible things like uggghhh the Saints winning the Super Bowl!  Didn’t see that one happening, but it did.  What else?  Oh, our NPH Team Central Facebook is growing in the # of fans.  We are excited about that.  Valentines came and went.  I [...]

The year 2010 is nearly here and although you may be enjoying Advent/Christmas all the parties and festivities if you are a pastor your mind is somewhat down the road and into the new year.  No doubt you are considering in prayer or in action the themes, missional purposes, and sermon ideas of the new [...]

Has the week gotten away from you?  Well, it’s Friday afternoon!  You have a game tonight, maybe hanging out with kids tomorrow, a fall festival, whatever…and then Sunday…and you’re not ready for youth group!! Ahhhhhh.  What are you gonna do?
Quick!  Go online and visit Barefoot Ministries and sign up for a 30 day FREE trial [...]

Ever heard of Barefoot Ministries?  That’s OK if you haven’t, BUT in case you think I’m letting you “off the hook” you should know that Barefoot Ministries has one of the best youth worker and youth volunteer training events going right now.  For starters they have this thing called $5 Training.  The register link will [...]

Reality has set in!  This next month my oldest kid will be 14!!  (echoing)  Behind her is an almost 13 year old, and not too far behind these girls is a 9 year old boy going on 10 in January.  I’m moving into areas as a parent that, well, make me think about a lot [...]

By the title of this post you can probably guess that I get this question a lot from both pastors and congregants concerning resources that Beacon Hill has on the topic of the emergent church.  While I won’t venture to define my interpretation of emergent in this blog I will say that we do have [...]

A week from today is Good Friday and of course a week from this Sunday is Easter Sunday.  Maybe you’ve got it all down as far as music, worship outline, etc.  But maybe you don’t.  So, here’s a few quick ideas for you to ponder for Easter illustrations or teaching helps that may help you [...]

Remembering back to my college days I can remember sitting up late into the night on many occasions and pretty much solving the global and religious issues of the day with my friends and then going to sleep and then doing it all over again the next night.  Political idealism, Christian idealism, radical expressions of [...]