Dreaming of a discipleship vision for my family
For years I worked in churches and spent an enormous amount of time strategizing and executing the ministry’s vision for discipleship. Teams of us would think hard and deep about our vision, where God wanted to take us, and how He wanted to take us there. Teams of us…
Read MoreListen to your kids slowly
Author Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. In this book, “Stress Fractures: Advice and Encouragement for Handling your Fast-Paced Life,” he writes: I was snapping at my wife and our children…
Read MoreMy kids distract me from my marriage
Over the last few weeks I have felt personally convicted by the example Tim sets for me and our family. I don’t know if it’s a mom thing, or what, but it is so easy for me to put Hannah and Zeke above Tim on my priority list. Our kids depend on us to feed them, bathe them, fix…
Read MoreRaising pastors’ kids to embrace ministry
My parents aren’t perfect. I could easily write a list of things Dana and I are doing differently than my parents did in raising me, but they still definitely did a lot of things right. Out of my three brothers and two sisters who all grew up as pastors kids along with me, today every…
Read MoreWhy isn’t your wife serving more in ministry?
Church member: “Why isn’t your wife helping out more with the children’s ministry?” Your first thought: “Why isn’t your wife helping out with the children’s ministry?” but what actually comes out, “What do you mean?” Church member thinks: “You’re the paid pastor and your wife doesn’t seem to…
Read MoreChurches that want to be a higher priority than your spouse
A couple days ago I received a phone call from a church in another state that wanted to schedule a conference call for this coming week. Unfortunately, their proposed time wasn’t going to work for me because my wife and I are going out of town for our 5 year wedding anniversary. We’re very excited about the…
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