Letting Kids Respond to God Digitally

We finished three weeks of Hot U at the end of July.  It was an intense time that required over 400 volunteers and served over 1000 kids.  One of the things that we looked at this year was trying to find a way to allow the kids a place to catalog what they had learned...

Bring On the Revolution

This is a great video that challenges current models of education and proposes a different, more organic way to educate children.  Watch the video! Here are a couple of quotes that I love: •    “So I think we have to change metaphors. We have to go from what is...

Creating a Smaller Here

The following paragraphs are taken directly from Stephen Johnson’s blog. In his essay introducing The Long Now Foundation, Brian Eno tells the story of visiting a wealthy friend in her downtown loft, in an otherwise destitute Manhattan neighborhood circa 1978: I...

Making Small Groups Work

Over the past several weeks I have been working almost full-time to prepare and execute the large group environments for our summer camps, Hot U Jr (for 3 year olds – entering Kindergarten) and Hot U (entering 1st grade – entering 4th grade).  Summer camps...

The Worst Sunday School Teacher Ever. Period

He was The Worst Sunday School Teacher Ever. Period. Last night a good friend of mine graduated from community college and I had the opportunity to attend her graduation ceremony.  Whenever I go back to the town I grew up in (Rockford, IL), I see people that I used to...