Ministry To Parents Blog

A few years ago, I watched a video called This Generation. It was a fast-moving glimpse into the world teenagers live in every day. There were interviews, constant motion, notifications, opinions, and nonstop noise. At the time, I already knew...

When you hear the word “rest,” what comes to mind? For some ministry leaders, rest feels like something that is almost impossible to attain. Maybe it’s the thing you never seem to get enough of. Maybe it feels like something...

Whenever a vocalist performs on live TV, I enjoy trying to figure out whether or not they’re lip-syncing. If it’s dubbed, the telltale signs of disjointed video and audio inevitably appear. When that happens, my focus moves from the artist...

Children’s ministry leaders are used to moving quickly to keep up with the boundless energy of kids. There are lessons to prepare, volunteers to schedule, families to support, events to plan, emails to answer, and classrooms to manage. Add in...

Over the past several years, I’ve done a ton of thinking about family dynamics. As I’ve worked on a specific project, I’ve done lots and lots of interviews and had lots and lots of conversations with teens, college students, and...

If you’re leading students right now, you already feel it. Most teenagers feel the weight of the world on their shoulders, and they often have no idea how to deal with it. I have been known to call it the...

As church leaders, you often see what others don’t. You notice the child who clings a little tighter at drop-off, the parent who lingers with concern, or the family quietly carrying more than they know how to express. Mental health...

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you think the ministry or the church should go in one direction, and a fellow staff member, a pastor, or your supervisor thinks something completely different should happen? Or maybe you’ve...

I can remember the dance. Not an actual dance, but the dance I had to do with my daughter again and again in her early adolescent years. For years, my wife and I had been praying for her to be...

There’s a cute video that circulated years ago showing a preschool boy and girl having an argument about whether it was “raining” or “sprinkling”. Each of their moms had apparently commented on the weather, and the kids were quite insistent...

Anytime people are together, there will be disagreements. Different personalities, perspectives, and expectations naturally lead to moments of tension or misunderstanding. In children’s ministry, those moments might involve two kids arguing over a game, a parent unhappy about the way...

As Christian parents, it’s tempting to focus only on the happy parts of Easter. We love the waving palm branches, the empty tomb, and the joy of new life. It’s not that those things aren’t wonderful; they are! But celebrating...