Chris Bishop

This past week I was at summer camp with 65 AWESOME young people.  Camp is always one of my favorite times of the year and I am always blown away by the connections that are made, the friends that emerge and the fun that is had by all.  Camp this year was different in that [...]

What would have to happen for you to go to some kind of worship experience (service) every week? I have been thinking about the things in my life that I love and I bend over backwards to make happen or protect so they will not be taken away in the craziness of life (time with [...]

There is a not so subtle transition that had happened in our home.  With the end of school comes the time to prep and do some serious work for summer camp.  Our house bears witness to the work that is going on.  Our guest room has been turned into the “staging room” for camp games, [...]

Twitter is a little but goofy for me.  I understand the concept, but I have had a hard time buying into the implications of what it could be used for.  I totally understand its usefullness for marketing and even embrace it for some of the things we do at my church.  But as a real [...]

Planning far out is not one of my strong points, but this looks like a great resource for advent (one of my favorite liturgical seasons).  Steve Case is a great youthworker and writer.  I hope that you would find this helpful in putting together your stuff leading up to Christmas. I think that you could [...]

The past couple of weeks have brought about a couple of changes in the curb appeal of our home.  We have been doing some landscaping.  We have planted a couple of fruit trees and a number or tomato, pepper, squash and a some others. As I have been creating an extended “garden” area in our [...]

While we were in Disney a couple of weeks ago I took “The Sweet Taste of the Bilge” with me on my kindle.  I was looking for a good summertime kind of read and I got it.  If you are looking for a book that will transport you to palm trees and the lapping ocean [...]