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Christiaanity is the online home of Christiaan VandenHeuvel, a Children's Pastor in Livermore, CA. This site collects blog entries, photos, videos, quotes, links, and anything else from Christiaan's life, or culled from stuff he finds online!

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    Nov
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    The Age of Accountability: Rethinking Children and Salvation
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    The Age of Accountability: Rethinking Children and Salvation

    I love this online discussion by several children’s ministers who talk about when a child needs to accept Jesus before they are in danger of eternal separation from God. What do you think?


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    Oh my goodness I am already thinking of reasons why I’d need to read my waterproof, outdoor Bible, in some dreary, wet, nasty place. I also love their TOMS shoes-similar “Buy One, Give One” campaign!


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    Jack can be so resourceful

    Jack can be so resourceful


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    Nov
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    A Quick Summary of Tax Advantaged Medical Savings Accounts

    My family has enjoyed the benefits of an HSA for some time now and we love it. This link is a great explanation of the difference between an HSA and an FSA.

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    Amazon-Twitter integration

    Amazon.com this week rolled out an interesting new feature that allows Amazon Associate members to broadcast links to Amazon products via their Twitter accounts.

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    Nov
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    Online Giving: Let's be frank

    Love the original context here about online giving. This is fresh. It grows trust with unsterilized copy and refreshing honesty. I don’t feel like someone is talking AT me or wants anything FROM me. It engages me.

    You’ll find this tone throughout the entire site… although I highlighted online giving because it’s the hardest thing to talk about effectively.

    Well done, Knoxlife Church, well done.

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    Free Google Wave Guide

    I have been able to wave for a couple of weeks now, but I am still not sure how this can improve my productivity, since I only have one other person I can wave with. Still, this guide will come in handy as soon as I get more fellowavers.


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    Fail More!

    Our Pastor invites us (the Cornerstone Staff) once a month to join him for lunch as he teaches about good Leadership Skills. I loved how he challenged us today to make more mistakes, to fail a ton, and to learn from our blunders. He recognized that if we don’t come home with “skinned knees” at times, it probably means we’re not playing hard enough.

    Craig Groeschel also talked about that on his blog today.

    Letting Go of the Fear of Failure

    The fear of failure paralyzes too many people. I’ve found one of the best gifts God can give a leader is the gift of failure. Too many of us are not doing what we feel called to do because we’re afraid to fail. As I observe the people around me, it seems the most effective have failed far more times than the least effective. The people making the biggest impact seem to:

    1. Try something outlandish.
    2. Fail.
    3. Learn.
    4. Adjust.
    5. Try something that works better.

    Failure is never final. It is often the first step to success. If you haven’t failed in awhile, why don’t you try something crazy and see what happens.


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    Jack is such a cool artist. I really like how I turned out.

    Jack is such a cool artist. I really like how I turned out.


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