Miriam and I have been experimenting making coffee with a French press. Here are some easy instructions on how to use one. I’ll say it makes a darn good cup of coffee.

Brian posed this question on my answering machine:

What particularly do you do when new kids show up - how do you make them feel welcome and connected?

I misunderstood which Brian it asked the question. There’s a youth pastor Brian and a student Brian that reads this blog. So I ended up answering that question to both the youth pastor and students.

To a Youth Pastor:

To the Students:

Anyone else want to put in their two cents on this question?