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CPC is About to Begin

TIME TO GET TO WORK! No more time to lounge at the pool or swim with the other Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota guests (the only ones getting in the water, its a little chilly here) Can you spot me in this picture? (click to enlarge) The fun has already started, helped get the DiscipleLand booth set up and always fun to see who’s here and catch up with friends! Pictures will come tonight! And the first CPC SPECIAL is already live on Kidology’s home page: A Super Deal on the Dee Cy Paul and Chip puppets. (pronounced “Diciplechip”) If you are here, drop by DiscipleLand’s booth for your FREE Kidology Button!  (You could win a prize!) I will also be posting some “LIVE FROM CPC” reports in the Kidologist Journal forum on Kidology.org.

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POP Goes the Ear!

Well, at 9:58 a.m., nearly 48 hours since the world went silent… my EAR POPPED! I actually had thought it was coming back and had told family I was at 90% hearing as I could finally at least talk to people and hear what they were saying, but I must have been at only 50-60% because as I sat here eating brunch and doing some writing on Leadership Lab 03, my ear suddenly POPPED and I suddenly felt like I was standing under a waterfall of noise, or like I had stepped behind the engine of a jumbo jet! I actually said “WHOA!” out loud and got a few looks from neighboring tables. In case you are curious, here is an animated GIF that shows how/why your ear gets stopped up. It is from this page that explains how your ear gets “blocked” and how to unblock your ears. (A method that did not work for me) Ah, the world has so many sounds now! I can hear the clatter of some dishes in the kitchen, the clanking of a cart going by, the humming of some distant machine, the whining of some kid, the gossiping of some girls nearby,…

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Help! I’m Deaf!

I left Chicago this morning where it was -4 degrees! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! While I am basking in warm sunny Florida now a few days before CPC, I am quite bummed because I had to leave Sara and Luke behind due to them still being sick. It’s been over two weeks they’ve been fighting a flu bug and Sara’s has gotten worse! And even worse, we were going to celebrate Luke’s 2nd birthday at the Magic Kingdom tomorrow. Instead, I won’t even see my little guy on his birthday! (cue the violins) At least Luke doesn’t know what he’s missing out on. He just thinks he was supposed to hang out at Grandma and Grandpas for a few days. And then to add to the weirdness of this trip, I’ve been completely deaf all day! I’m already deaf in my left ear, and as I landed this morning my only other functioning ear was completely blocked and has remained so all day. It has been quite fascinating walking around Downtown Disney unable to hear a thing, and interacting with people to order food, etc. is strange – I can barely hear my own voice and don’t know how loud I’m speaking. I…

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Get Your FREE Kidology.org Button

As my pappy used to always say, “Tootith not thine own horn, let another tootith it for thee.” One of the most encouraging things is when I hear others telling about how much they love Kidology.org and how it has helped them in their ministry. One of the reasons I stopped having an exhibit booth at CPC about five years ago is that I really hate being in a booth and talking about my ministry or “selling” my website or products. I’m excited about the ministry God has graciously given me, I love doing what I do, and I’m blessed by the stories of those who benefit from it, but I really hate talking about it or having to “promote” it. I’d rather meet someone who already knows about Kidology and is excited and want to talk about it than meet someone who doesn’t and need to tell them about it. I feel like a salesman, and its a feeling I don’t like. That is why I’d rather just do workshops and network in the hallways, resource room or at meals, or find another way to serve. I’d rather minister than sell. So we’ve made a fun and easy way…

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Three Kinds of People

There are many versions of “Three Kinds of People.” One I’ve often liked was: Those who make things happen Those who watch things happen Those who ask, “What just happened?” Of course, I’d like to think of myself as the first! This saying probably came originally from Benjamin franklin who said: All mankind is divided into three groups: those that are immovable, those that are movable and those that move.” — Benjamin Franklin But there are other theories about “three kinds of people.” Maybe you’ve heard: There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can’t stand Picasso, those who can’t stand Raphael, and those who’ve never heard of either of them. — John White Or the more modern version: Today, there are three kinds of people: the have’s, the have-not’s, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-have’s. — Earl Wilson A recent up-date to the first above put it this way: There are three kinds of people in the world, the wills, the won’ts, and the can’ts. The first accomplish everything; the second oppose everything, the third fail in everything – Eclectic Magazine Robert Schulle added a fourth: There are basically four kinds of people: cop-outs, hold-outs, drop-outs, and all-outs. It’s…

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