Tragedy hits home. My parents and sister all attend New Life Church. My father missed the events of yesterday by 20 min. One bad thing about the information age is the fact we are bombarded by images and facts that are indescribable on a daily basis. The good thing is that I was able to […]

Mike Teavee – No Boundaries Kids need boundaries they crave them. Kids do not feel safe or loved in an environment where they can do whatever they want. It sounds very loving to embrace you child’s creative desire to do whatever they want. I believe it is cruel. By allowing you kids to do what

Veruca Salt – Give your kids whatever they want Why do we give our kids whatever they want? Guilt Wanting our kids to have what we didn’t have growing up Because we can Because it’s easier than saying no Because we love them and want whats best for them We may be trying to buy

Violet Beauregarde – Wrong Priorities The next trap I think many parents fall into is the wrong priorities trap. We communicate to our kids every day what is important. By what we say but far more by what we do. I will start off by saying I am a very competitive person. I like to

Augustus Gloop: Self-Control We live in a day and age now were we are blessed with so much. So much food, entertainment, money. We have so much we are so blessed! This should be great news for our kids, but is it? The down side to all this blessing is that kids now days have

Importance of Family. As a children’s pastor you see the good the bad and the ugly of family. I have come to realize that great churches, youth churches and children’s ministries are just as much a reflection of great parenting as they are great pastoring. This week I want to take a parabolic look at

I saw this and knew my son would like it. Slapstick. Pirates. Farting. How could you not like it.

I have taken a bit of time off from the blogging by accident, busyness and stuff. What have I been doing since November 20th? 1. Importance of family. – I think during the holidays we think about family even more than usual. I know I miss my parents and sisters more than usual. I am

“A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he’s always apologizing, his children are monsters.” Mignon McLaughlin

When it comes to church marketing Lifechurch.tv gets it. I received about two weeks ago a FREE book from Lifechurch.tv they are promoting Craig’s new book Going all the way. All I have to do is blog about the book. They didn’t tell me what to say. They didn’t say it had to be positive.