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...
by Andrew | Sep 21, 2015 | Kids & Family
If your teenager came to you and asked if they could speak to you privately, because they’d really messed up, what would be the first thing that would come to your mind as a parent? Would you automatically think the worst? Would you say something sarcastic like,...
by Andrew | Sep 7, 2015 | Kids & Family
The only perfect parent that has ever existed is God Himself. He raised the perfect Son in and through the person of Jesus Christ. But He’s also the parent to every person who claims to know Him as Savior and Lord. God is our Heavenly Father. The picture and...
by Andrew | Aug 31, 2015 | Kids & Family
The purpose of this article is to lay the groundwork for some practical and proven principles that will help make discipline more effective. While these are not “chapter and verse” principles, they are guiding principles that have been found helpful to ensure...
by Andrew | Aug 10, 2015 | Kids & Family
When we’re in the middle of parenting, it feels like it will last forever. But as we all know, it doesn’t! Every parent will some day come to the end of their parenting journey and ultimately the end of their life. And when it’s all said and done… here are 6...
by Andrew | Jul 27, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
“Earth is playdough, Eternity’s a stone.” Does it ever suddenly occur to you that life is quickly passing you by, and eternity is even more quickly approaching? Every day, eternity could literally be just one breath away for any of us. And every day of...
