Let’s pray for our church family as we approach Mother’s Day.  Mother’s Day is a complicated day. Not everyone is able to celebrate it with abandon.  On the one hand, Mother’s Day is a day of celebration for many women and families; at the same time, there are multiple reasons...

I had the opportunity to attend a ministry conference for Children’s Pastors this past week. I enjoy these types of events because they are high energy, offer meaningful worship experiences, and I often walk away with some great ideas, principles, and resources to implement. This particular conference also provided the...

Our kids wore a path around the house when they were young. Sometimes they were just playing in the yard. Sometimes Gwen sent them outside to burn off energy with, “Go run around the house five times.” Sometimes there were competitions as to who could be the fastest. Regardless, this...

Some days I don’t feel like praying. There I said it. And maybe my saying this out loud makes you feel less ashamed about the times you feel the same way. And there are many reasons why I might feel this way. Maybe I have sin in my life I...

Do you like change? I hope you do, because God is a God of change. Not that He changes, no, but that He desires change and works to bring about change. “But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.For I am about to do...