by Andrew | Apr 24, 2016 | Kids & Family
As I write this, it’s 6:30 in the morning, and I’m sitting at my kitchen table looking at the beautiful sunrise out the back sliding-door window of our home. As the sun rises in from the east, it brings in just enough natural brightness that I don’t have to turn on...
by Andrew | Apr 11, 2016 | Kids & Family
If we listen to the society around us, we’d be led to believe that the way we were raised as kids is no longer culturally acceptable or the norm. Parents need to be less strict, more permissive, and allow their children to have more freedom than in previous...
by Andrew | Apr 4, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
Here’s an important topic that your kids need to be educated about (preferably, by you) – the Rapture. I Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. We believe that at any moment of any day, Jesus...
by Andrew | Mar 21, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
Last week, we started answering ‘The Big Question’… How in the world do I balance it all? You can read last week’s article by clicking here. Whether you serve as full-time staff, a bi-vocational pastor, or a ministry volunteer, this article will help you...
by Andrew | Mar 14, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
BALANCE… we all want it. We all need it. Yet it’s a bit harder of a thing to find than it is a word to say. In my annual Reader Survey, I found that over half of the readers on my blog are either paid staff or leaders in some capacity in their church or...
by Andrew | Mar 3, 2016 | Kids & Family
I’m sure you know that family life can get really crazy, really fast! And before you know it, we’re failing to make sure that some of the most important things in life are happening in our own home. But what if there was a strategic and structured game...
by Andrew | Feb 8, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
II Timothy 3:15 “And that from a child though hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation…” As of last year, my wife and I no longer have any children in preschool. But over the course of the years in raising our four...
by Andrew | Feb 1, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
2 Timothy 3:15 “And that from a child though hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation…” Here’s a common question I’ve been asked many times by different parents, “Is my child old enough to get saved?” If you...
by Andrew | Jan 18, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
Let’s face it, the statistics don’t lie. Kids ages 8-18 are spending more than 7 hours a day with their faces glued to a device or gadget of some sort. Whether it be a computer, iPad, smartphone, television, video game system, or anything else. According to a recent...
by Andrew | Jan 11, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
Let’s be real honest… some of us need some super jumper cables to revive us and jumpstart our lives every morning. (Yes, we call it Coffee! Preferably with french vanilla creamer to be exact.) Our groans when the alarm goes off sound similar to our car engines on a...
by Andrew | Dec 28, 2015 | Kids & Family
On this last post of 2015, I chose to write something for my boys… I walk into the living room, a hard work’s day is done, I’m greeted by the smiles and sounds of kiddos glad I’m home. They run to me, they hug me tight, they say “We’re glad you’re here. Daddy,...
by Andrew | Dec 21, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
A taboo subject among Christian families at Christmastime is often the issue of what to do with Santa Claus. Yes, No, Maybe?… What’s the right answer? Is there one? While there are many God-loving Christians on both sides of the Santa aisle, and I’m friends with many...
by Andrew | Dec 5, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
Throughout the year, I try to read through a new book every couple of months. Here are the books I read in 2015. These are not in order of importance, simply in the order that I read them throughout the year. (I purposefully didn’t include the Bible in this...
by Andrew | Oct 19, 2015 | Kids & Family
I have a confession to make… I’m dating someone else, but my wife’s okay with it… Of our four children, the Lord blessed us with one little girl, daddy’s Princess, Faith. There’s something very special about a Daddy/Daughter relationship....
by Andrew | Sep 28, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
If God wrote a letter to Planned Parenthood, it might look something like this… That ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he… (Isaiah 43:10): Thus saith the Lord that created thee… Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be...
