In 1993, the California Milk Processor Board hired the Goodby Silverstein & Partners advertising agency to solve a problem: In a market flooded with sugary drinks, such as Coke, Mountain Dew, and Kool-Aid, how do you convince people to drink milk?
Category Archives: Bible study
Do You Know About Merlin?
No, I’m not thinking of Merlin the Magician, but Merlin R. Carothers. He wrote the books Prison to Praise and Power in Praise, among others. I have only read the latter, but it is a book that I found incredibly helpful. It taught me to praise God in the hard moments and for the hard moments.
Into the Unknown
By Bud Fickley, Pastor of Student Ministry There are so many movies out there that have themes that can be related to our faith. As a father of three kids ages five and under, I watch a lot of Disney movies these days. At times, Disney movies drive me a little crazy, but I haveContinue reading “Into the Unknown”
Grace Upon Grace
I was driving home from a family gathering at my sister’s house several weeks ago and experienced an intense interaction I have not stopped thinking about.
Knowledge Is Power…or Is It?
Recently, our student ministry team began reading Dangerous Wonder by Michael Yaconelli – one of the pioneers of modern youth ministry. It’s a book all about how we regain a childlike faith that looks at the world with awe and wonder and believes that anything is possible. In the introduction, Yaconelli tells a story from his childhood when he still thought he could be like Superman, donning a cape and taking flight.
More Than the Bunny
We hear a lot about keeping Christ in Christmas, but how do we make sure that Easter is about more than baskets, egg hunts, and the Easter Bunny? Here are four simple ways you can keep Jesus at the center of your family’s Easter celebration:
Making Small Groups Part of Your Reset
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canadian geese causing the engines to fail. Chelsey Burnett Sullenberger, better known as “Sully,” was able to glide the plane to a safe landing on the Hudson River.
Asked how he could so quickly and heroically act to save so many lives, Sully remarked, “For 42 years I’ve been making small, regular deposits in the bank of experience, education, and training. On January 15, the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal.”
Are You Ready to Reset?
I remember when I was growing up, during lunch recess we would often play football outside the school. We would eat lunch as quickly as we could so we could get outside with as much time left in the lunch period as possible to get in a game of touch football. While most of the rules in the game were pretty easily agreed upon from the outset, there was one rule that never seemed to have any consistency – calling a “do-over.”
Out of the Mouth of Babes
Advent – preparing our hearts to receive the Lord. It is hands-down the most challenging season for me. When is there time to fully prepare (or repair!) my heart to receive the Christ child? Anyone with me?
Faith by Design
About a decade ago, my husband and I put an addition on our house. At the time, I secured the help of a talented decorator – because I have no taste or, rather, vision when it comes to that type of thing.
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