“I can’t fix this,” I said to my son Luca, as he complained to me yesterday about a neighborhood conflict he was engaged in. “But, Momma, Riley and Addison want girl time, and they don’t want to play with me.”…
The game ‘Hide and Seek’ is a familiar, fun childhood activity. The point, obviously, is for one individual to search out every possible spot of the given area in order to find the concealed person. The anticipation of finding the…
My name is Jeremy, and I’m a ministry conference addict. There I said it. I feel much better. I remember my first ministry conference. I was a 19 year old youth minister, and I rolled up into what felt like…
We live in a fast paced world. Due to technology, the rate of change increases exponentially every year, and as churches, ministry organizations, and families, it can sometimes be difficult to know exactly where to plug in. At D6, we’ve…
Abandonment. It is a force. A sweeping, unrelenting storm whose winds blow like a gale, terrorizing the soul. I’ve seen it. It is not a pretty sight. Abandonment is fond of the night. It stalks its prey. It lies in…
Recently I was asked the question, “What could we do to create a safer environment for our children while they are at church?” This is an area of ministry that I’m very passionate about for a few reasons: first, I…
There are some people that you just click with. It’s easy to sit down together and talk about what matters most because you share something: an unspoken affinity for what drives you. Conversation flows naturally. You’re inspired by hearing each…
My wife and I don’t have children, and the most I had ever been involved with family ministry at our church was the three-year period that we spent volunteering in the four-year-old class on Sunday morning, where our largest victory…
Websites. Blogs. Social Media. Free. Premium. Free-mium. Programs. Curriculum. Books. I don’t know about you, but I’m finding there is so much content out there available in so many different forms that it can sometimes be overwhelming. It isn’t that…
Go to any children’s or student ministry conference today, and you’ll hear speakers hit the stage and talk about the idea of your ministry investing in families. Processing how to impact kids more effectively and then figuring out the parent issue…