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Learning at 5 and 55

Last fall I needed two maroon buttons for a jumper I was sewing for my 5-year-old granddaughter, Anna. I went with her and her mother to the one fabric store...

Have You Prayed?

Are you ready for this coming Sunday? Is your lesson prepared? Have you chosen the worship songs? Is the Bible memory activity ready to go? Do you have that substitute...

“Spring Inventory” for Children’s and Youth Min...

In the northern United States, the coming of spring brings many wonderful changes. We are pleased to finally see new green growth replace the melted snow. Indoors comes the traditional...

A Refuge in a Wildfire

Children Desiring God has developed a resource to assist parents in presenting the essential truths of the Gospel to children. Leave us a comment of any length on today's post,...

Want an Effective Youth Ministry?

In his thoughtful article The Only Foundation for Youth Ministry Josh Cousineau says the following, Students have many different needs today: acceptance, belonging, discipline, jobs, and so on. But in...

Making God Central in Our Teaching

Here is a thought-provoking question from Pastor John Piper: Do you feel more loved because God makes much of you, or because, at the cost of his Son, he enables...