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South Africa and Apartheid

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

How does one deal with the failures within one’s own history? Scripture often recounts stories of human unfaithfulness, perhaps as often as it celebrates obedience to God’s faithfulness. What about our own history? As a part of a meeting with … Continue reading →

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John Wesley’s Prayer for Wednesday Morning

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Wesley’s written prayer for families for Wednesday Morning. John wrote morning and evening prayers for families, I am offering paraphrases to my Family Ministry class Dear God, who is blessed forever, we thank and praise You for the good things … Continue reading →

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Flying at 3500 feet

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

I am sitting in four days of board meetings for the International Board of Education and the Global Committee for Global Education and Clergy Development. At the same time Kansas City is quickly being buried under around a foot of … Continue reading →

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Twittiquette? or an Educational Strategy for Tweets?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

It was bound to happen, the increase in Twitter feeds has sparked a number of blog sites on twitter etiquette… er, is that Twittiquette? Brittany Fitzgerald’s recent article on the Huffington Post is just the most recent example, titled “What Not … Continue reading →

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Scottie May Presentations in Children’s Ministry

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Just received word that Scottie May’s two presentations this spring includes a morning lecture titled “Why Welcoming Children Welcomes Jesus,”and the afternoon seminar is titled “How Welcoming Children Welcomes Jesus.” May is the guest lecturer for the NTS Miriam Hall Lecture in … Continue reading →

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Scottie May to speak April 9th Miriam Hall Lecture on Children’s Ministry

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Mary Scottie May, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHRISTIAN FORMATION AND MINISTRY Looking forward to this spring when NTS will host the Miriam Hall lecture April 9th with nationally known Children’s ministry educator Scottie May. Morning presentation begins at 10:30 am … Continue reading →

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faithfulhomes

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

As a part of the Family Ministry class at NTS, I will be utilizing one of the key projects we have developed directly with Nazarene Sunday School Discipleship Ministry International, known as faithfulhomes. This website, http://faithfulhomes.org, began development as part … Continue reading →

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