A friend just sent me this link to a delightful bit of animation. Heartwarming … true … funny … friendly … I’m sure the Lord smiles, though my dog isn’t interested in watching!
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Posted in youth group, Just thinking ... on Feb 16th, 2010
I joined Brownies as young as you could in the ’50s: 2nd grade, 1954. We sold Girl Scout cookies door-to-door; it was safe then. They were 45¢ a box. Mother, our leader, said one of the best things that ever happened to her was when cookies went up to 50¢. She said she could teach […]
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Posted in Just thinking ..., writing on Feb 10th, 2010
I love books of awkward headlines: Police Help Dog Bite Victim and Red Tape Holds Up Bridge!
Now there’s a label for such lines: Crash Blossoms.
Read the article, giggle happily, and start looking for examples in your own local paper! Enjoy!
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Posted in youth group on Feb 5th, 2010
My word! We played Four on the Couch in youth group tonight—there’s no way I could keep track! Some of the kids were baffled too, but many were right on top of it. How do they do that?
Okay, so you divide into even teams; we did boys against girls. You sit in a circle […]
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