Educating Nomads
One of those “Aha!†moments came to me twenty-some years ago while staring at the blank computer screen where Sunday’s sermon should have been making its appearance. Unfortunately, my thoughts...
View ArticleHigher Ground
Although I no longer serve as pastor of a congregation, invitations to preach come my way from time to time. The latest instance was yesterday when I helped a Presbyterian congregation surprise their...
View ArticleBirds Named More and Better
Maybe it’s just my imagination, but I think I heard more voices than ever this year suggesting that we consider toning down the cultural excesses of Christmas gift-giving. We’ve certainly not...
View ArticleSwamps, Rivers, and Instructional Time
The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? FICTION: The Florida Everglades is an extensive swamp....
View ArticleAssessment: Yeah, it’s hard
One of the topics in my current online course is educational assessment in the congregational setting. The students are reviewing a model for rigorous assessment of Christian education that my friend...
View ArticlePlanning for Christian Education Formation released
The new book by GRACE members Israel Galindo and Marty Canaday, Planning for Christian Education Formation: A Community of Faith Approach (Chalice Press) is immediately available in print and e-book...
View ArticleChurch curriculum resources
In honor of Theological Libraries Month & American Archives Month the library staff at Columbia Theological Seminary sent this helpful list of curricular resources for congregations. These...
View ArticleShould you kill that small Sunday School class?
An educational staff person recently asked me about a problem often encountered in the Sunday School program. She had a class of (older) adults whose Sunday School class averaged around 3 persons (but...
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