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March 16, 2016
Ministering to Preschoolers with Special Needs
This blog is an interview with a mom who has little ones with special needs. I hope it inspires you and your church to think through how you minister to families of children with special needs. Tell us a little about your family. My husband is a computer programmer and I am a stay-at-home mom. We are the parents...
January 27, 2016
The Mission Field at Home
“We’ve got a lot of unbelievers in this house.” My husband’s words surprised me at first. We were sitting in the living room of friends from church. We gather weekly for community group with four other couples, and we are all believers. Then I heard them—the running footsteps and the laughing from our collective 10 children playing upstairs. We...
January 21, 2016
Teaching Kids the Ten Commandments
Teaching the Ten Commandments apart from the lens of the gospel can quickly descend into a lesson on moralism. Also, good teaching comes from the overflow of the heart. So here are eight points to remind your heart as you prepare to teach kids about the Ten Commandments through the lens of the gospel: God gave us the Ten...
November 18, 2015
Talking to Kids about Hard Things
I certainly advocate for limiting a young child’s exposure to media as well as refraining from talking in depth about violent and evil events that take place in the world while he or she is present. But I do think it is wise to be prepared to talk to kids about the evils of the world, particularly when a...
September 23, 2015
Are Kids Capable of Understanding the Gospel?
Sunday afternoons after I volunteer in our kids’ ministry are devoted to long, much-needed naps. Children’s ministry is hard work! If you’re like me, you might sometimes collapse on the couch and wonder, Did my efforts make a difference? Did they really understand what I said? These kinds of doubts have been floating around since Bible times. As people...
September 16, 2015
Talking to Preschoolers About Sin
I return to this quote from Pastor Tim Keller over and over again: The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” The truth that I am loved and accepted in...