CHILDREN'S MINISTRY High Five! Five Ways to Improve Your Preaching to Children December 07, 2016 0 Comment If you’re reading this, you’re probably comfortable speaking to and teaching kids, but you might not be comfortable calling it …
PASTORAL MINISTRY Disability Ministry: What to Avoid December 05, 2016 0 Comment This is part 2 of a series about disability ministry. You can read part 1 here. Now that we have discussed …
FAMILY The Mother I’m Not December 01, 2016 0 Comment There are scenes from my childhood that play out in my mind when I think of my mother. She’s standing …
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY Worth the Wait: Leading Your Children through Advent November 30, 2016 1 Comment It is important to differentiate Advent from Christmas with children, whether around the dinner table, in the Sunday school classroom, …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Embracing Advent November 30, 2016 1 Comment Advent is my favorite season of the year. I think it comes from my own psychological baggage. I’ve always felt …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION A Year We All Need Hope November 30, 2020 0 Comment I’ve begun listening to holiday music early this year. Advent, in so many ways, has taken on a new meaning …
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY Our Brand New Kids’ Devotional—My Life with Jesus September 09, 2021 0 Comment Discipleship at home can be difficult, especially if parents don’t feel equipped. As both a parent and a pastor myself, …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Lord of the Tragic April 25, 2024 0 Comment This is an excerpt from The Foundry’s Lord of the Tragic, by Al Truesdale now available. _________________________________________________________________________________ A sense of …
OUR WORLD The Good You Can Do November 07, 2016 0 Comment John Wesley was an evangelist and a philanthropist. The strange warming he described feeling in his heart at Aldersgate was …
FAMILY What I Discovered in an Old Christmas Video From 2009 January 19, 2017 0 Comment Seven years ago, my wife, Maile, and I had just gone through one of the most difficult holidays of our …