Do you know what we do here?

I took my 88 year old father-in-law, Tom, to the Low Vision Clinic. This center provides services and rehabilitation for individuals with, you guessed it, low vision. Low vision can be caused by many things including macular degeneration (AMD) and Myasthenia gravis (MG), a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes muscle weakness; both of which my…

The Base vs Swing Voters: Three Things I Learned About Outreach In Small Churches

I used to be a political junkie, so when I hear pundits talking about the upcoming elections I listen through my special youth ministry headset. That is what sparked this latest post. The question posed was “Should the politician go after the base or the swing voters to get elected?”. In my first two youth ministries,…