3 Ways to Waste Your Life

Do not waste your life! We all have dreams, aspirations, and goals for our lives. Yet our choices determine whether… Read More
Poke the Box

“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” That’s the question Seth Godin sets out get… Read More
Shortcuts Lead To A Long Road

Taking shortcuts in life comes with a price. Sure, cutting corners may bring about short term gain but they always… Read More
Is your spouse invisible?

How often do you tell your wife she is beautiful or your husband that he is handsome? Do your eyes… Read More
RE-Organizing the Family (Part 2)

Yesterday, I wrote about the organizational shift that occurs in families once a baby is born. You can read the… Read More
RE-Organizing the Family (Part 1)

Who’s in charge of your family? Let’s begin answering that question by thinking back to your “BC” days—life Before Children. If you’re… Read More
Divine Intersections: What we pray for reflects our belief in God

What we pray for reflects our belief about God. When we pray small prayers, it shows we don’t believe that… Read More
Uncensored Grace

Grace is messy! God’s grace reaches down into our messy lives and transforms us from the inside out. This only… Read More
Forget the Resolutions (Repost)

I’ve never been one for making New Year’s Resolutions. It seems pointless to wait until January to choose a couple… Read More
Give a Gift. Do Good.

Give a gift and do good. Are you looking for a Christmas gift that keeps on giving? Here’s a way… Read More
Keeping Christmas

I recently read this short devotional about Christmas from Henry van Dyke written over 100 years ago. His words still… Read More
How To Come Up With Great Ideas

I recently came across a book by James Webb Young called “A Technique for Producing Ideas“. Though he presented the… Read More
3 Categories of Parenting

Raising children is one of the most difficult and most fulfilling jobs in the world – and one for which… Read More
Is your system working?

“Your system is perfectly designed to provide the exact results you are getting.” – Andy Stanley Are you satisfied with… Read More
Children’s Ministry: From Flannel Graphs to MacBooks

Clearly the times are changing in Children’s Ministry. The kids we have in our ministries are Digital Natives; having grown… Read More
The #1 Way To Keep Students From Dropping Out Of Church

We’ve all heard the statistics that anywhere from 60-80% of students drop out of church within 2 years after graduating… Read More
Elementary Small Groups in 3D

When I consult with churches about their children’s ministry I’m often asked, “How do you organize your elementary small groups?”… Read More
Legalism Kills…

Legalism is the religion of human achievement. It is when we exchange our relationship with Jesus for our own rules… Read More
Urgent vs Important

“The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks.”~African Proverb There is no cumulative value to the urgent things we… Read More
5 Types of Church Cultures

I’ve been reading “Cracking Your Church’s Culture Code: 7 Keys to Unleashing Vision & Inspiration” by Samuel Chand. In his… Read More

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