A recent video posted on Facebook has received over 15 million views. In it, a young French father explains the horror of the recent terror strikes in Paris. While his words are wise and creative, they fail to fully explain where our safety and protection truly lies: Watch the video ...
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My sister calls me the “Photo Nazi”. Embarrassingly, a title I have rightly earned. More than a few times my fit has been the source of our family’s entertainment as I try to capture my girls’ childhood from behind my camera’s lens. I love to set up, take pictures just to get the perfect shot. ...
Read More »How to Prepare Your Children for Life
“Point your kids in the right direction—when they’re old they won’t be lost.” Proverbs 22:6 No one was ready for what occurred on January 12, 1888, across the northwest plains of America. In the days leading up to that fateful January day, the weather had been mild and unusually warm ...
Read More »The High Calling of Children’s Ministry
The longer I live, the more convinced I am that children’s ministry is where it’s at. And yet, the more I see of the church, the more I feel like we are missing that truth. Like Jesus’s disciples, we’re kind of subtly pushing the children off to the sidelines. Worship, ...
Read More »Order From Chaos? Is There a Trick to Making Halloween a Treat?
I admit it. I have always been a fan of Halloween. The creative ideas, the making of costumes and oh the candy! I never really studied the origins and traditions around the event. It was just a fun night to indulge in the ridiculous vat of chocolate that was my ...
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