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The Paramount Focus of Parenting
We often ask children what they want to be when they grow up. What are they aspiring to? What do they want to achieve? As parents, we also have desired...
The Paramount Focus of Parenting
We often ask children what they want to be when they grow up. What are they aspiring to? What do they want to achieve? As parents, we also have desired...

Illustrating a God-Centered Definition of Love
God is love. Maybe more than any other statement this has been used to identify God's basic essence. But if we consider God's love apart from the totality of God's...
Illustrating a God-Centered Definition of Love
God is love. Maybe more than any other statement this has been used to identify God's basic essence. But if we consider God's love apart from the totality of God's...

Ministering in Light of the Throne Room
This week, I have a challenge for us, as we minister to children and youth in our classrooms, or as we parent or grandparent. Let’s look at the young faces...
Ministering in Light of the Throne Room
This week, I have a challenge for us, as we minister to children and youth in our classrooms, or as we parent or grandparent. Let’s look at the young faces...

Welcoming Children with Special Needs
Imagine a new child coming to your fourth-grade Sunday school class. He has a motorized wheelchair. He cannot speak intelligible words. His eyes, when open, seem to wander aimlessly. But,...
Welcoming Children with Special Needs
Imagine a new child coming to your fourth-grade Sunday school class. He has a motorized wheelchair. He cannot speak intelligible words. His eyes, when open, seem to wander aimlessly. But,...

What’s Absolutely Astonishing in Your Classroom?
Children’s and youth ministry can be characterized by many different kinds of activities and programs. It’s often tempting to focus much of our weekly planning on things like being sufficiently...
What’s Absolutely Astonishing in Your Classroom?
Children’s and youth ministry can be characterized by many different kinds of activities and programs. It’s often tempting to focus much of our weekly planning on things like being sufficiently...

Midyear Refreshment for Ministry Volunteers
In the month of January, the days are short and the nights are long and cold (for some of us). The busy holiday season is over, and many of us...
Midyear Refreshment for Ministry Volunteers
In the month of January, the days are short and the nights are long and cold (for some of us). The busy holiday season is over, and many of us...