This is the third post in a series talking about family ministry. The first was entitled “Family Worship – Good or Bad” in response to a meme that was making the rounds on Facebook. The second was entitled “Why I will never be a Family pastor”. As I mentioned previously, a focus was briefly placed … [Read more…]
Having served in children’s ministry for over 30 years, I have seen a lot. I have seen children’s ministry minimized, I have seen it come to the fore-front, and now it seems to be fading again. Having seen these trends, I now understand why churches should abandon children’s ministry based upon comments and statements made … [Read more…]
This evening I was going to post about the first general session which was held Wednesday night. There was a lot of great information and insight given to all those in attendance, too much to record here. To see a glimpse of the first general session, I will defer to GJ Farmer’s who did an … [Read more…]
In today’s culture, everyone is looking for the sound byte, that 144 character quotable phrase. Some people work hard to come up with that quotable, that phrase. For others, it is just common conversation. For Jim Wideman, these memorable phrases seem to come natural because it is a part of who Jim is. Jim … [Read more…]
Imagine two families, both have a child interested in baseball. Both families believe that they are the primary influencers in the child’s interest in baseball, the fathers regularly teach their child the basics of the game, both fathers play baseball and they take their child to the games so they can observe how the … [Read more…]