by Mark Jones | Apr 24, 2015 | Featured, Tales from the Trenches |
Children’s Minister- How can we teach parents to spend time with their kids in scripture? Mr. Mark–UGGG! I feel your pain! I think providing simple resources, ideas or suggestions are critical since parents often don’t know what to do. Simple instructions and...
by Mark Jones | Sep 11, 2014 | Featured, Tales from the Trenches |
Let me come clean with you. Since arriving back from East Asia VBS trip this summer, enlisting three zillion Sunday School workers, record-breaking numbers for Promotion Sunday and, (thank goodness) school starting, I have been too tired to even think about Mr....
by Mark Jones | Aug 1, 2014 | Tales from the Trenches |
Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash, was one of the greatest political sages this country has ever known. Some of his sage advice: 1. Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco. 2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. 3. There are two theories to arguing with...
by Mark Jones | Oct 27, 2013 | Featured, Tales from the Trenches |
Okay, I feel like we have just settled into a pattern that is comfortable. The weather is cooling off and I can wear larger sweaters and jackets to cover the stress eating of finding workers. Now it’s time to think Halloween and I don’t want to do it. Let’s just...
by Mark Jones | Oct 13, 2013 | Featured, Tales from the Trenches |
Okay, like many of you, I love my iPhone. If I left the house without it, it would be like leaving without pants. Just impossible to live without it. I constantly check texts, emails, weather, Facebook, Twitter and more. I had to really pray through texting while...
by Mark Jones | Oct 6, 2013 | Featured, Tales from the Trenches |
It happened this week. My heart is breaking as I write this. My wife and I have been praying non-stop for this child’s healing. Each night as we read the post on Facebook offered from his daddy, our hearts would hurt for this precious...
