Chris Bishop

Exploring everyday theology through family fun and ministry.

If you have stumbled upon this patchwork I call my blog, I hope that you find something that peeks your curiosity. This is a collection of thoughts, experiences and encounters about whose I am in the story that God had placed me within. I have been blessed with an amazing wife Katie who is a pastor too, and a daughter, Eden, who is simply a delight. They remind me everyday what it is to be loved. I have dreams about this being a place that can be a resource for youth workers, young people and others to catch a glimpse of how this pastor views living life in light of the conspiracy of grace that has been given to us. Enjoy

12 May 2010 0 Comments

Connected (Part 1)

Connected (Part 1)

We have so many connections in our lives we don’t know what to do with them all.  On my birthday a couple of days ago I literally had hundreds of facebook wall posts, text messages, emails, cards, phone calls…. to wish me a good day.  In the same vain we neglect a great number of [...]

10 May 2010 0 Comments

Best Bible App: YouVersion.com

Best Bible App: YouVersion.com

I am totally a cheapskate when it comes to software and have a hard time paying for something that I can get as a free or open source version.  When I got my ipod one of the things that I went looking for was a good (free) Bible app so that I could have something [...]

6 May 2010 0 Comments

My Bday post

My Bday post

So Katie and I saw this yesterday and I thought that it would be a perfect post as it is my B-day.  This video is hilarious.  The part that got me was in the beginning they has a binky on a string and at one point when i still had the Explorer I had a [...]

1 May 2010 0 Comments

ABC Hunt

ABC Hunt

Our family had the best adventure day on Friday.  We went to downtown Frederick and were on an ABC scavenger hunt.  This was all under the guise to get Eden to recognize letters in a different way, but in reality Katie and I just wanted an excuse to play in Frederick and away from packing [...]

27 April 2010 2 Comments

Focus!

Focus!

Finding a clear path through life seems to be rarity these days.  We pride ourselves in having 40 different kinds of tooth paste to choose from at any given time.  While variety is the spice of life, do we really need the choice of spearmint, peppermint, fresh mint, berry mint, cool mint, or cinimint being [...]

23 April 2010 0 Comments

New Kind of Christianity

New Kind of Christianity

I recently picked up Brian McLaren’s newest book again.  I had started reading it a couple of weeks ago at night and now it has made its way to the daytime reading list (more or less because I have a really bad book that the conference is requiring us to read and I am putting [...]

20 April 2010 0 Comments

How do Ministy priorities and reported needs stack up?

How do Ministy priorities and reported needs stack up?

Here is a story from the guys over at Group publishing about the things youth report needing in their lives.  I thought that it was in interesting result.  Also I think that it shows the importance of faith relationships, and puts the pressure of Christian educators to have some clear and drawn out plan of [...]