Why We Raise Our Kids As Christians
This morning I thought we would get into something that we probably won’t stumble across too often if we are doing exegetical series and sticking to specific texts. We have the freedom to explore a…
Category: Children and Parenting
The Church Can Live Better Than Just A Well Paying Job
I’ve been paying more attention lately to our language around work and vocation. I’m realizing patterns that I think are embedded pretty deep within us and serve to rule our lifelong actions rendering us unable…
Downloading (Stealing?) Rather Than Channel Surfing
I’m tired of the onslaught of advertising myself, I can’t even imagine what we’ve done to our children at this point by exposing their fragile minds to the brilliance of the marketing system who are out to…
Why Children’s Ministry Hasn’t Been Working
This might come as a redundant post to where many people have already landed. I think though I’ve finally placed my finger on why children’s ministry at my church and the other churches I’ve worked…
Kids, The Elderly and Why We Have it Backwards
After being in Florida for the past week, and watching as parents everywhere lavish their kids with every experience and material good, necessary and unnecessary, I can’t help but think that our culture has really…
Disney Princesses: Is It Really Normal That All Little Girls to Want to Be One?
Phil Nellis posted this image on Google Reader today. Funny, Rachel and I spent the entire dinner talking about this exact issue. Do we really want our kids to want to become like these princesses…