Prayer is Essential for Children’s Ministry
I was recently asked to be the videographer for a wedding. As I had never officially filmed any event outside of the church, I turned to YouTube. Almost every video...
IPHC Discipleship Ministries Announces Vigilant: IPHC Child and Youth Safety Resource
Over the past year, child and youth safety has been a growing concern for Discipleship Ministries. Nothing destroys a child the way abuse does, and unfortunately, the rates of sexual...
Looking Back: 30 Years in Children’s Ministry
As a long-time children’s pastor, the term “looking back” reminds me of Genesis 19 and the story about Lot’s wife. Without fear of turning into a pillar of salt, I...
Clean Those Glasses
Smudges. I hate smudges. One morning I woke up to find my glasses in pretty bad shape, completely bent and smudged from the night they spent smashed against my face....
Family Discipleship…Is it Worth Doing?
“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing a little.” That’s not what I expected from my friend as we sat chatting about how we wanted to grow spiritually. “A little?”...
Disrupted: Following Christ During Unplanned Change
We just moved to Oklahoma City from Atlanta, and things went so smoothly… at first. We received a contract on our house three days after it went on the market....