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Parenting in a Tech World
It’s no secret we live in an age where we are all inundated with technology. We wake up in the morning and our televisions, radios, or phone screens are blasting us with advertisements and messages. It’s easy to let technology take over our lives – and by extension – our children’s lives. Technology is so…
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Working for the Long Game in Kidmin
Last week on my blog I focused on celebrating the short term wins in kids ministry. It’s important to stay encouraged when we aren’t necessarily guaranteed to see the long term effects of our influence on the children we teach every week. They grow up and move on to student ministry and hopefully at some…
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Celebrating the Short Term Wins in Kidmin
Children’s ministry can be hard. There is no way around it. There are so many moving pieces: lessons to plan, games and activities to facilitate, craft and snack supplies to prepare, media to queue, and countless other things that demand our attention. We do it week in and week out often wondering if what we…
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When Little Voices Praise a Big God
I’ve spent this past week at summer camp with 109 campers ranging from 1st through 6th grade. It’s always a joy to watch kids get into a space that is solely designed to grow closer to Jesus. Their faith is strengthened and their relationships with the Lord grow more intimate. As we gathered in the…
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When the Next Generation Invests in Itself
This past week was VBS at our church. Hundreds of kids poured through our doors every day. The kids experienced an amazing time of worship, lessons, games, crafts, snacks and more. None of this would have been possible without the help of more than a hundred leaders. Each of them served in unique and important…
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What To Do About Your Strong-willed Child
Like most parents, the moment I became one was when my life totally changed. I became responsible for this little person and love instantly developed in my heart for them. As a father of three, I can tell you that every child is different. They are different in personality, in demeanor, in interests, in their…
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Why Summer Church Camp Still Matters
Summer is a time when I get really nostalgic. I listen to the music I grew up on more. I daydream about yesteryear. I reminisce about summers of the past. Some of my best summers were spent working at a Christian camp. It was in the midst of those pine trees and sandhills that my…
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Make the Most Out of Your VBS
It’s that time of year again. The time when all leaders in kidmin gear up for the biggest event of the year – Vacation Bible School! Some of us become super excited about this time, calling it our Super Bowl or even better than Christmas. Others dread the work that comes along with putting on…
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Avoiding Burnout in Ministry
Two weeks ago, I wrote about finding rest in the busy seasons. Sometimes, too often in fact, busyness leads to burnout among those in ministry. I know because it has happened to me. Let me share a bit of my story. My heart was racing. My body was tense. My breathing was rapid. I was…
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Fight. Finish. Keep the Faith.
In a few short weeks we will be coming up on the end of the traditional school year. Our kids all have worked so hard for all these weeks and have accomplished a lot. Let me encourage you to encourage them to keep going; to keep working hard; to keep going for their goals. Here…
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