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Bible cartoon Exodus

Left Behind in Exodus

Timing is everything and this poor guy got left behind. I imagine he was at the coffee shop or browsing the scrolls at the local papyrus store. Let’s hope he gets to the Red Sea before Pharaoh’s army does. 

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cartoon children's ministry cartoons church cartoons

Pizza, Animal Crackers & Budgets

Cartoon of two boys talking to a teacher. A boy says, "The youth get pizza and we get animal crackers? You need to renegotiate the children's ministry budget!"
This originally appeared in the September 2018 CHOGNews.
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Christianity Sermon Notes Sketch notes

Sermon Sketch Notes: Colossions- Stand Firm

I decided to post my sketch notes from this morning’s sermon. This sermon series is based on the book of Colossians. Pastor Richard Triplett delivered this sermon. The main points I got from the sermon is we can be…

  • Reconciled
  • Restored
  • Ransomed for our
    • lives
    • hope
    • peace
    • anchored
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Business teaching

Teaching in Order to Learn

It amazes me whenever it happens. Whenever I teach, I learn just as much as the students. I have seen it when I lead kids in large group on a Sunday morning. And I have seen it in the workplace as well. 

For the last two weeks at work, I’ve had the opportunity to teach a person my duties. I’ve been in my role for under ten months and there are many things about my job that are still new to me. The person who taught me retired in late June. Since then, I have been applying what she taught me. Now I have the chance to do the same for another person.

As I have shown her the systems, the exceptions and the why behind the way we do things, I have been energized. Sure, I am not using the same words, and every experience is different. In fact, that is part of the teaching/learning process that thrills me. I can paraphrase what I was taught and see the results in a whole new way.

We have this tendency to believe once we are done with our formal schooling, we are done with education. This fallacy keeps us from growing. I have found it is much better to keep learning. And one of the best ways to learn is to teach others what we do.

Blogging is one way we can do that. And that is why I am going continue writing about my experiences and the lessons I’ve learned through being a writer, illustrator, and a graphics manager.

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Career

Predicting the Future in Hindsight

In 1988, I was a graphic designer for National Printing Plate, in Indianapolis. They made printing plates for the flexographic industry. It was a good job, and I enjoyed the people I worked with. I married Paula in December 1988. Life was humming along.

Unfortunately, in January 1989, the business suffered a fire. Not only was I newly married, but I was newly unemployed. This motivated me to find work quick! I didn’t want my new father-in-law to think I couldn’t provide for his daughter.