The new school year arrives with a mix of excitement and anxiety, and for many parents, that tension comes to a head with the very first homework […]
An elementary student watches the afternoon shadows stretch across the playground, their length growing longer with each passing minute. She wonders why the sun’s light changes shape […]
In the nearly 40 years I’ve been a minister, I’ve worked in most church ministries, have been a senior minister, planted a church, and helped with other […]
The people who have the greatest spiritual influence in the lives of children, and are the primary “pastors” to children, are parents. That’s the way God intended […]
Every year, I usually share a “back to school” blog post to help parents remember that “going to school” isn’t as easy as we adults often try […]
‘Tis the season for graduations! It’s this time of year that can be fun tuning into social media sites as families flood the pages full of photos […]
If it wasn’t for curriculum published by Christian publishing companies, much of the teaching done in the church (other than that of the preacher and a few […]
When I walked into the classroom, I was immediately in childish awe of the hand-made paper stars sprinkled with colored glitter hanging over each student desk, with […]
Is anyone learning in your adult Sunday school? There’s a story of a new minister who was asked to teach a class full of boys during the […]
I’m a freak. I am one of those people who actually enjoyed more than a decade of higher education. I could easily be a perpetual student, but […]