by Andrew | Oct 18, 2021 | Children's Ministry, Ministry & Leadership
Churches are some of the largest volunteer organizations in the world. Without volunteers, ministry doesn’t get done. Yet, every church and ministry often struggles with having both the number of volunteers they need as well as the level of commitment from the...
by Andrew | Oct 10, 2021 | Kids & Family
One year ago our family started on a new adventure of fostering. For my wife and I, becoming foster parents was an answer to many years of prayer. While we knew some of the blessings and challenges associated with fostering, most of how we’ve grown in the past year...
by Andrew | Oct 3, 2021 | Kids & Family
For nearly six months, my son had been begging me to take him camping. We had enjoyed a great father/son campout with our church the year before that he absolutely loved, so when he found out that we wouldn’t be doing one that coming summer, he was pretty...
by Andrew | Aug 29, 2021 | Kids & Family, Marriage, Ministry & Leadership
Song of Solomon 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. We all have them. Every. Single. One of us. “Little foxes”, that threaten to spoil the vines. Small things, maybe pet sins or bad habits, in...
by Andrew | Aug 18, 2021 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
When things happen like the events of this past week’s Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, even kids hear and take notice. Uncertainty, even across oceans, can have an effect on kids who want to know what’s going on in their world, and who also want to be...