As a part of my church ministry, I often have opportunity to visit our church members in the hospital, in rehab or in their homes. Most visits are similar: “How have you been feeling?” “What are your next steps?” “Let’s…
Middle schoolers are cooler than you think — and other reasons to volunteer in your church’s youth group
“I could never work with youth — I just can’t deal with all those hormones!” “I’ve done my time when my kids were that age.” “They won’t think I’m cool enough.” “What if they ask questions about sex?” These are…
I am good! Teaching children they are made in the image of God
If you ask people who grew up in church why they left, you’ll get a variety of answers. Maybe they were hurt by someone they trusted. Or they couldn’t reconcile an all-powerful and good God with the evil in the…