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Everyday Families Making a Global Impact
Sarah spent her days chasing after two energetic boys under age five. Making sure they had clean clothes, healthy food, and afternoon naps sapped all her strength. Motherhood had quenched the flame in her heart to take God’s love to the world. Surely God did not want her to go while her boys were so little. How could she and her husband even consider it when they were busy with the tasks of everyday family life? Fast forward one year… Sarah and her family are living and serving among an ethnic...
The Effects of Pornography
A new study done by Patrick F. Fagan examines the effects of pornography on individuals, marriage, family, and community. Fagan is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Research on Marriage and Religion at the Family Research Council. He specializes in...
Enfleshment
Every religion has a sacred book. Only Christianity has the incarnation, which literally means “en-flesh-ment.” God became a flesh-and-blood human being to reveal Himself to us in a way written words could not accomplish. The gospel of John tells us that “the Word...
Some of the Most Unreached People in the United States
What if you found out that a specific group of families in your community were unreached with the gospel? What if I told you that families from this group regularly share stories with me about rejection from churches? You’d want to know the group, wouldn’t you? I...
In Praise of Inefficiency
I saw something beautiful the other day while walking down Breckenridge Lane. In a front yard not far from my home, a young mother was removing a layer of sodden leaves from a flower bed in preparation for planting—an ordinary activity in the middle of an ordinary...
Allow Yourself Grace
I admit I really need to have a plan. It is truly about survival for this single mom of two. So when I got the opportunity to read Brian Haynes’ book, The Legacy Path, I knew I would find a good parenting plan. Brian is the creator of “The Legacy Milestones” and has...
Helping a Child Cope with Death
For many people, death is a scary subject. When a child experiences the death of a family member or friend for the first time, it is important to carefully walk them through the experience. Most of the time parents don’t do this very well leaving children with some...
It’s Time to Engage: 3 Facts You Need to Know to Launch an Incredible Family Ministry
The animated feature The Incredibles is a favorite movie in our household—and one of our favorite scenes is the family meal early in the film. Dinner at the Parr household has deteriorated into pandemonium. The infant squeals in delight at the chaos as two siblings...
Control or Inspire
How do you lead? Do you need a large set of rules, policies, and constant supervision? It is true people respect what you inspect. Many people over manage others to a point the process outweighs the purpose. How comfortable is your leadership style to give others some...
Holes in Your Parachute
Seems like a lifetime ago now, but there was time when I jumped from perfectly good airplanes. The Army trained me and paid extra money for me to be on jump status. I was a parachute rigger before I became an infantry officer. A parachute rigger is the soldier who...
5 Reasons Not to Do Family Ministry
Many churches are jumping on the Holy Spirit powered reformation of family ministry. Unfortunately, some are exploring family ministry for the wrong reasons. Here are five reasons NOT to build a family ministry in your church. The majority of children and teens...
2 Reasons Why Perfect Parenting Won’t Work
I was blessed to grow up as a pastor's kid. That's right, I was blessed to have the parents I have. Some seem to resent the fact they grew up as a PK, but I do not. Not that I'm better than other PKs; just that although there were times I wish we could have gone to...
Our Marriage Evaluation
Every year on our anniversary my wife Lynsey and I have what we call "Marriage Evaluation." I was talking to a friend about it yesterday and he said, "Did she get a raise?" The answer is yes! Lynsey gets a raise every year and I almost get fired every year! 🙂 But...