Each month we compile a Top Ten list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families. Some give explicit instruction on…
In 2015 I made a ministry transition from a multi-site church of about 3,000 attendees to a parish church of roughly 400. I had longed for a smaller church context, desiring to serve a body where people knew…
Others may not know the extent and the pain of the burdens we bear as moms, but God knows, and God sees.
Everything in me wants to email the teacher in charge of National Honor Society (NHS) at my son’s high school. Each student in NHS is required to perform twenty hours of school-specified volunteer work to stay eligible as…
During my junior year in college, one of my professors gave an assignment to read the entire New Testament, identifying every reference to the Church. Perhaps the most striking thing about this fruitful exercise was how often the…
A friend of mine was hosting a parent meeting for an upcoming missions trip to St. Louis when a parent asked from the back of the room, “But are there any adults going on the trip?” It was…
Our children’s lives as Christ followers are not defined by their performances. His perfect sacrifice on the cross is our final assessment.
I think back to watching my three-year-old daughter in her first of many ballet recitals. We sat for a very long time to watch her float and twirl around the stage for about three minutes. I hardly remember…
Today I experienced God’s presence in an unexpected way. I was listening to Kings Kaleidoscope’s new record Zeal on a drive from Nebraska to Missouri. The album’s penultimate song “Oxygen” concludes with a creative envisioning of the classic…
