ONE UNEXPECTED WAY TO MODEL GOD’S CHARACTER FOR YOUR FAMILY
We have a lot of roles as dads. Depending on your child, and depending on their age, you might find yourself as a coach, a tutor, or a counselor. You …
Summer Catch-Up for Kids
By Sarah Humphrey Summer is a great season to soak up time with your kids or the kids in your ministry circles. With schoolwork out of the picture, …
Lifeway Kids Bible Reading Plan: June 2021
By Alyssa Jones Make a plan to read God’s Word with your family in June. This month, read selections from the Gospels and Acts. Read in the morning …
3 Things Not to Say When Your Child Fails
Sometimes I feel like a failure. I think everyone does. And without trying to be self-deprecating, I’ve lived long enough, worked long enough, and …
Top 8 Things Kids Need from Caregivers
By Sarah Humphrey I’m not sure about you, but I wasn’t 100% prepared for parenting when I became a parent. In fact, I was mostly clueless. Like many …
Parents and Kids Ministry
What about parents? Should I try to minister directly to parents? Is there value in building relationships with the parents of the kids I serve? Is …
Teaching Kids to Talk to God
By Sarah Humphrey Life is better with a friend. It’s even better when that friend is God! Who doesn’t want to have someone they can talk to, …
How to Talk with your Kids
These days, especially these days, our kids can easily isolate themselves in their rooms, on their screens, doors shut, earbuds in. And sometimes, …
End of Winter Bucket List for Families
By Sarah Humphrey February can be a long month, even when it’s a short one! The days can be dark, and the ache for Spring starts to birth in us the …
How To Be Friends With Your Daughter (And Still Be The Parent)
By Chrissy Duke Being a parent and a friend often seems like a contradiction, or just too layered to be true at the same time. Either way, it is a …
Loving Kids and Families When You Don’t Feel Like It
Life overall is messy, and church life is no exception. In addition, COVID-19 has made both even more messy. What causes the mess? People. One …
Don’t “Outsource” Discipleship
My dad is an increasingly rare kind of man. He grew up the son of a farmer outside of a town with one stoplight in the Texas panhandle. He spent his …
