Family as our Primary Ministry
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. Our time and...
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Listen 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, choking...
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My 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...
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Raising 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,...
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Why 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...
Read MorePursuing what ultimately matters more than anything else:
Our Lord, our marriage, and our children, each in ministry to each other.
Planning family date nights
We’ve probably all heard of the importance of doing a regular date night with our spouse, but two weeks ago Dana had the idea of doing a Family Date Night. I’m sure others have thought of this before, too, but it was our first time to officially go out as a family and do something [...]
Read MoreFree ebook, “Pastor Dad”
Not sure how I missed this the past couple years, but Mark Driscoll, pastor at Mars Hill Church, has published a short 45-page ebook titled, “Pastor Dad,” that’s based on a sermon he presented back in 2001. That makes this content about 10 years old now, but after…
Read MoreCreating a non-toxic home
About a month ago, a pastor’s wife who I look up to with great respect encouraged me to throw away all of my harmful cleaning supplies. I have yet to do so, but have continuously been feeling convicted to do so. Yesterday at a women’s Bible study I attend there were a couple…
Read MoreTime management accountability from your family
One of the reasons I haven’t been updating MinistryFamily.com regularly for the past few weeks is because I’m in crunch mode to get my next book finished and out the door to the publisher. (More on the book in a later post.) Lord willing, I’m hoping to finish it today or tomorrow because I have a…
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We're two pastor's kids serving in ministry, figuring out how to honor God in our marriage and family. Read more...
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