INSPIRE OTHERS TO NEW LEVELS BY SPEAKING GREATNESS
How can you inspire others to reach new levels instead of obeying through fear? By speaking greatness. Speaking greatness helps a person want to achieve great things in life and … Read more
KIDS & FAMILY MINISTRY
Welcome! These posts are for those who serve in local church children’s ministry and family ministries. I’m so grateful for your ministry with kids! Here are some posts to get you started:
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1. Ten Practical Ideas To Get And Keep Volunteers In Children’s Ministry
2. Little Known Ways To Keep Discipline in Children’s Ministry
3. Three Critical Times To Engage With Your Kids
Two POWERFUL QUOTES For Parenting –– From Billy Graham
I recently ran across the book, Billy Graham in Quotes by Franklin Graham. It’s a great little book with quotes organized by topic (age, anxiety, money, prayer, life, and others). I … Read more
WARNING FOR MINISTRY LEADERS: YOUR ATTITUDE IS CONTAGIOUS
Pastors, worship leaders, and next-generation ministry leaders build the culture of attitude – positive or negative – in the leaders and the church. Your attitude is contagious. No ministry or … Read more
PRACTICAL COMPONENTS OF BLESSINGS FOR YOUR CHILDREN (AND GRANDCHILDREN)
The idea of blessing is powerful in the Old Testament. Issac blessed Jacob. Even though Jacob tricked Isaac into thinking he was his older brother, Issac couldn’t take the blessing … Read more
9 Proven Ways To Get A New Idea
New ideas are great. They are the seed to possibilities. If you have 50 new thoughts or ideas this year and say, only 12 of them come together and pan out to something – … Read more
Six Kind Ways To Say “No”
Are you bad at saying no? Do you say yes too often, getting yourself stretched overwhelmingly thin? I have finished reading Essentialism, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, a book I highly … Read more
Six Ways Church Staff Team Members Can Influence The Church
Does the staff influence the church more or does the church influence the staff more? Obviously, they both happen to some degree, but this question has been on my mind. … Read more
When Your Values Are Clear, Your Choices Are Easy
“When your values are clear, your choices are easy.” – Thad Allen When our values are really clear, the choices become more limited. A simple example might be our value … Read more
Quotes For Kids & Students
When I was younger, I heard the Mark Twain quote: “The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out … Read more
Four Things Gentleness Does
I lived with my grandma during a college internship. She let me borrow her car when mine was in the shop. I returned home that evening and thought I would … Read more