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Get Your Harlem Shake On & Win The Wonderstruck DVD Bible Study for Your Church or Small Group

Margaret — April 13, 2013 — 1 Comment

I know I’m going to catch some flack for this, but I can’t resist.

In March, I spoke at Group’s Simply Youth Conference—with almost 3000 youth leaders that serve more than 100,000 students around the country. Before I spoke, they decided to film a Harlem Shake video—their version of the global YouTube sensation.

They decided to spice things up by throwing a huge dead fish, yep, a carp, into the audience. That fish could have landed anywhere—as you’ll see in the video below—but it just happened to land at my feet. Fish scales and all. It was awesome! (And a little stinky!)

Watch the Simply Youth Harlem Shake:

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23 of the Best Bible Jokes & Riddles

Margaret — April 4, 2013 — 10 Comments

23 of the Best Bible Jokes & Riddles During Lent, people from around the world joined together to read the entire Bible in 40 Days. Don’t worry. You don’t need to wait until next Lent to read the Bible through—you can begin today! To download a free copy of the reading guide, click here.

After such an immersion into Scripture, it’s time to laugh and play.

Though friends in your small group may guffaw at your punny-ness, kids are more likely to laugh hard and share a few of their own. Here are 23 of the best Bible jokes and riddles:

Q. Why couldn’t Jonah trust the ocean? Continue Reading…

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Say Goodbye to That Bothersome Word, Phrase, or Expression 2012 Edition

Margaret — December 31, 2012 — 45 Comments

Each January I suggest that, we need to learn to retire a few words from our vocabulary.

Why?

New words are being introduced into our language all the time. Five years ago we didn’t have man caves, gastropubs, or mash-ups. Well, we did—we just didn’t know what to call them.

With the addition of additional words, maybe we need to retire some of the tiresome ones Those words, expressions, and phrases that are bothersome, um, like, um.

Our language abounds with empty words and even tiresome expressions. Here’s a list of a few that it’s time to retire as we close out 2012: Continue Reading…

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Check Out This Silly Wonderstruck Video: What Do You Think?

Margaret — December 4, 2012 — 24 Comments

Some people are funny. A few people are hilarious.

Joe Kirkendall is Hi-larious. He’s The MILL’s Teaching Pastor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and co-author of The College Adventure Handbook. He decided to make this ridiculously awesome—I don’t know how else to describe it—video about Wonderstruck.
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A Crazy Lady’s Guide to Black Friday

Margaret — November 23, 2012 — 5 Comments

Black Friday is that glorious day after Thanksgiving which marks the first day of the holiday shopping season. In the past several years, the Friday has been the busiest day of the shopping year. Where did “Black Friday” come from? Philadelphians first began using the term before 1966 to refer to the thick mob of pedestrian and car traffic. Black Friday also refers to the black ink used in retail stores to show a profit.

Follow my guide to ensure you save the most money!
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