At the third Main Gathering at the 2016 CMConference by CMConnect, Barry Newton (i.e. Squirt the Clown) shared about his struggles and the one word that changed his life. That word…. however He shared several Scriptures, I am only going to share two. Matthew 14:22-29 where Peter walked on water. That was pretty bold of … [Read more…]
Startling words, but the Bible was not originally written to children. Do we try to explain “War and Peace”, or “Moby Dick” to a child? If you did, how would you do it? I attended Tim Cleary’s breakout entitled, “Is there a place for imagination in spiritual formation?” As he began to speak, I felt … [Read more…]
We will all face the decision of whether to stay or if it is time to go. Whether in ministry, your job, your home, in many areas of life, the day will come when you need to make the decision. At the 2016 Children’s Pastors Conference, I attended a breakout session entitled “How to Know … [Read more…]
It is a struggle everyone in children’s ministry faces. How do we get parents engaged and how do we get children to see God in their daily lives, not just at church? We give “take-home” papers in hopes that parents will see them, read them, and encourage their child to complete them often to … [Read more…]
Being a former children’s pastor and currently actively involved in children’s ministry, there are a few holidays that I do not look forward to because of the controversies that surround them. They are Easter, Christmas, and Halloween. People take extreme positions and hold them as litmus tests as to whether another is a true … [Read more…]