Chris Bishop

There is a striking difference between the way I teach when I am in “my” space and when I am in “foreign territory.”  I think about it in a similar to the way that we move and interact with the space in our own home compared to visiting someone’s home for the first or second [...]

When we have large gatherings at the church there is a ton of ice that is used.  The past couple of special events have caused panic with the ice machine minders because it is thought to be broken during the heavy use.  Water found under and around the ice machine causes widespread panic within those [...]

The past few months have been filled with computer issues.  We had a hard drive go at work with some really important data on it (thankfully it was backed up), there have been a couple of bad viruses that have gotten on a couple of others of my friends, the power connector inside the laptop, [...]

I am loving this little camera that I got for my birthday this year.  Katie got it for me thinking about camp, and the fact that I am rough on things.  It is one of those cameras that is waterproof, freeze proof, impact resistant and dustproof.  I have been sticking it in my bag and [...]

In there new book “A theological turn in youth ministry,” Kenda Dean and Andrew Root Make a remark about the theological training in developing countries.  In the opening chapter of their text they speak abut the way first year theology students have a number of basic bible classes, maybe a leadership class and another highly [...]

When I can (when my calendar and alarm allows) I love going over to the high school and just hang out with the students who attend the early morning FCA.  Today one young woman asked a very pointed question that gave the group pause and took them off the printed lesson and into a deeper [...]

Our middle school Sunday school rooms have been getting some much needed attention from Peggy and some of the other saints of our congregation.  It is amazing what a really great cleaning, a coat of paint and TLC will do to make a room look much more welcoming.  Now we are setting our sights on [...]