Disability and the Church: Why Inclusion Is Essential to the Gospel
What if disability isn’t a problem to solve but a vital part of God’s kingdom? This article explores how churches can move beyond inclusion to true belonging and interdependence.
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How Loneliness and Belonging: How Often Do You Feel Lonely?
Jesus’s life reveals loneliness and belonging as a blueprint for healthy relationships.
Building the Right Team
Do you want a full-time staff member to be working with you? Before receiving that gift, you must first learn the process by which you would need to lead that full-time staff.
The Value of Long-Suffering
It’s hard. It’s hard to see the value of children's ministry when others don’t.
What the Children Need to Know About Marriage in Your Church
It is good for young children to know what marriage is and why the Christian understanding of marriage has the particular shape it does, because children need to know about marriage in faith-based guidance.
From Negative to Positive
Choose your language wisely. Don’t oversell the sacrifice. Overshare the opportunity that they have in the kingdom of God.
Outreach Resources of the Year: Kids
This children’s book does a good job of showing children the point of the gospel message—that Jesus came to rescue us.
Love God and Obey Him
When we prioritize our teens over God, we are reminded that to Love God and Obey Him, our hope in God, our love for God, and our obedience to God makes a profound impact on our teens.
Entrusting Kids With Responsibility
Working in teams, 75 fifth and sixth grade students descended on the church parking lot. It felt like pure chaos, but they did it. The emotional response from the kids was beyond what I ever thought possible. They were hooked. This is a powerful example of entrusting kids with responsibility.
Switching, Not Ditching: Volunteer Switching Culture
Bottom line: embracing volunteer switching culture makes it easier when volunteers work out a few details on their own prior to involving me, the director or another associate to solve their problem.