To attend or not to attend?

Attend Church?

Q: Should I make my child attend church with me? A: YES!  (with some care and mercy thrown in) Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it It is a rule, I am the leader of my family.  And you are […]

Submerged VBS 2016

Vacation Bible School with Halsted Road Baptist Church and Living Stones - Submerged VBS 2016

What a great week I will upload a ton of photos soon but for now… these will have to work 😉 I took a pie in the face one day — a water balloon the next. The kids had a great time and I think I did too!

Life on Mission 2016

What a joy of looking forward to the new year.  Yet I find myself in a strange transition as I become more aware of what GOD wants me to be and do rather than what I have always planned.  This process of sanctification I have studied and researched int he lives of others but as […]

Prayer – a change in direction.

What does your prayer life do? Is it life changing?

I am again under conviction that I do not pray enough, I do not give myself over to it or correctly go about it.  I realize that this is what grace and mercy is for, but still I want to be more disciplined. So I have my list.  Not a list of wants and needs, […]

It is okay to cry (part 1)

It is okay to cry. I have been telling my kids that for the last few months. They have dealt with death and loss and the pain of being let down. They have had betrayal by friends and forgotten by teachers and broken promises, mine included.  Sometimes the pursuit of painless perfection and a disappointment […]

Why Doesn’t my Kid want to go to Church (Part 3)

Part 3 in observations from a Pastor’s heart: Why Doesn’t My Kid Want to Come to Church? [Part 1] [Part 2]   Graceless was left to struggle alone in the Slough of Despond. But he kept his face turned toward the distant hills, and even while floundering in the mire — he now and then […]

Why Doesn’t My Kid want to come to church (part 2)

Part 2 in observations from a Pastor’s heart: Why Doesn’t My Kid Want to Come to Church? [Missed Part 1? Click here] The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself […]

My child doesn’t want to come to church

Recently I have had a couple families come to me very concerned that their children want nothing to do with Church or the things of God.  We watch as they grow up and then out of the church.  Parents no longer “make” their children come trying to help them learn to make good decisions.  Often […]

Verse – Romans 5:1

..since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 Can you say you have peace with God? I look out on my friends and this world around me and I have to say I don’t see the peace that they claim they have. Our lives […]

Introversion & The Small Church

Introversion – The tendency to focus energy inward resulting in decreased social interaction. Before you say it, I acknowledge that introversion can happen to churches of any size.  However, looking at the small churches that are around us it is a real danger to the church today.  What is wrong with being introverted? An introverted […]