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Rich Melheim

Stillwater*Aspen*Mumbai*Seoul* (And many places in between)

I help people think

Interests: Practical parenting, humor, neurology, educational systems designs, music, the arts, preschool, cartooning, animation, film, and searching for the meaning of meaning in a post-Gutenberg/neo-Google world.

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The People Who Walked In Darkness

02 People Who Walk in Darkness Here's a little something we commissioned for a project that isn't out yet. "The People Who Walked in Darkness" by Wayne Culling. Enjoy. Continue reading

Posted Dec 24, 2015 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Democracy Stinks

Memories from my first week of freshman college Philosophy of Government Class taught 40 years ago by Dr. Donald Poochigan at UND: DEMOCRACY STINKS Monday’s Lecture - Democracy stinks. What do the ignorant masses know about governing? Nothing. They are... Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2014 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Just move the "i" one notch back and your trials...

Just move the "i" one notch back and your trials turn to trails. Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2014 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Little artists are the best Little artists make a mess Coloring outside the line Makes it fun and makes it mine! So, Picasso, make that mess Little artists are the best Hang the canvas Pour the paint Call the masses... Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2014 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Before we can make any difference for the kids...

Before we can make any difference for the kids around the world, we must first make a difference in the world around the kids. Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2014 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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You gotta open the kid before you open the book.

You gotta open the kid before you open the book. Continue reading

Posted Nov 6, 2014 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Smoking Scripture Song from Obadiah?

09 MV0066 Day of the Lord So we've got this Bible Song project going, see, and we wanted to find at least one scripture from every book in the Bible that one could learn - something that both represented the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2014 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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I'm off to Mount Carmel Bible Camp tomorrow to...

I'm off to Mount Carmel Bible Camp tomorrow to test our first Cross+Gen FAITH5 camp. If you'd like to get your local/regional camp trained in how to do one of these things for the summer of 2015, have the director... Continue reading

Posted Jul 14, 2014 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Here's a little lyric I wrote and handed to the brilliant Jon Anderson for a tune. He came up the the tune in about 7 minutes. We're on the F week and "Forgive" is our theme at the preschool incubators... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Here's a little "Magnificat" melody I wrote to help launch your season, arranged by Todd Ernster (Killer Hayseeds) and sung by Lauren Redpath. Enjoy. MV0082Magnificat Continue reading

Posted Dec 1, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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MV0065 Hear This Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Mother's Last Day

On the night my mother died, I lay in bed and wept—not so much in grief, but in thanks for all the marvelous gifts she had given to enrich and sustain my life. Mom planted many beautiful seeds in me—... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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The Voldemort Effect

Here's a piece you can use on Sunday if you want to get people talking about the Boston Bombing, and help parents see the necessity of "Every night in every home" sharing of highs and lows. Download TheVoldemortEffect2Related articles Sleep... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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The Future of Cross+Gen Sunday School

I experienced the future of Cross+Gen Sunday school last night at Lutheran Church of the Master in Lakewood, CO. 1. Tables covered with butcher paper and a box of crayons. 2. Cross+Gen groups starting FAITH5 by going around the table... Continue reading

Posted Mar 21, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Beads of pearl strings Webs of silk Moonlight drops of Spider's milk Hidden ‘neath the Shallow sea God's still hand In mystery Under every shell and stone On the surface, deep in bone Every tidal gallery Art awaits In mystery... Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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For as the Rain and Snow... Rundman Channels the Beatles

I wrote a little song a while back from the "For as the rain and snow come down from heaven..." text for our Bible Song children/family curriculum (a themeset on the prophets that He Qi is currently painting) and handed... Continue reading

Posted Mar 5, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Sleep and Learning

Interesting piece on sleep here that both backs up and slightly contradicts one core piece I teach on nightly faith encounters. They suggest you ONLY go to sleep when you are really tired. The consensus for children, however, is that... Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Getting That Book Written!

If you have a book in you that you've just never been able to get down on paper, I have a plan for you that will get it out - and build a buzz - a year from today. Read... Continue reading

Posted Feb 26, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Your Best-Sellers in 2014, 2015 & 2016

Unless you are a public figure, the octamom or a Navy Seal, its harder to get an agent than it is to get a book publisher. Continue reading

Posted Feb 24, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Feb 22, 2013

Most Awesome Clint

Don't Mess With the Clint Tyrant. Good title. Kinda has a ring to it, don'tcha think? Hmmm... better than a ring. I feel an epic poemetic bit a funk coming on: Tyrant, tirade, τύραννος Cruel controlling is his glower Hits,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 15, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Born Into Someone's Arms

In "Loving to Know" Esther Meek writes, "Rather than knowing in order to love, we love in order to know." There's another beautiful line that struck me: "We are born into someone's arms." I recall a psychology or sociology prof... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2013 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Rather Than Using A "Canned" Children's Sermon

Play "Stump the Pastor" for the next six weeks. Tell kids "Next week, bring something from your house. Anything strange or unusual. Put it in a box or a bag. I will pull one random box out from among the... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2011 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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Before The Sun Sets (a little tune for Sunday morning)

Enjoy the richness Christ lavishes upon you Savor the simple things And give yourself Extravagently away In at least one marvelous Unexpected way Before the sun sets Before the moon rises Fill your world with surprises Before you close your... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2011 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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The Neuroscience of Time

Loved the time piece on MINDSCIENCE by Annalee Newitz. Read it, then do some thinking/writing on how would you would suggest teachers leverage this knowledge to be more effective in the one-hour classroom with: With little children? (3-5) With elementary?... Continue reading

Posted Nov 18, 2010 at Dr. Rich's Melheimian Maxims

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