One of the fun things about working on a documentary project like this one is the opportunity to come across all kinds of interesting artifacts. Those are not often from the documentarian's personal past but this one is. When I worked for Connie Maxwell Children's Home in the late 1980's and early 1990's, we were preparing to celebrate the children's ministry's 100th anniversary. We did a lot of fun things, including holding celebration events around the state and planning a

I'm not sure you can ever say that a children's ministry has a "golden age." After all, every ministry would love to work its way out of a job and for all children to grow up in loving homes with their very own families. But in terms of the old campus model of care that was typical of children's ministry in the United States during the 20th Century, you might say the late 1940's and 1950's was the time of greatest acceptance and expansion for Connie Maxwell Children's Home. D

If it's summer, it must be time for "The Connie Maxwell Story." No, although it may seem like it, I haven't given up on this ongoing documentary video project and am now back at work on it. I will be the first to admit that this project is taking a lot longer than I ever envisioned. Although it is a project that could have been finished within a few months if I were able to work on it full time or at least within a couple of years, working on it at least part-time steadily, I