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Stop Being Overwhelmed by Your To-Do List

Whether you have already created your to-do list or just getting started, here are five tips to help you complete it and maybe check off a few more tasks.

The Selfie Generation’s Self-Image Struggle

35 percent of kids are worried about people tagging them in unattractive photos.

New Year’s Resolutions for a Single Parent

"This season of life is not an “in between” or a time to get through to get to what’s next. This season is designed by God and is exactly what it is supposed to be."

5 Signs You’re Forcing Your Religion (or Atheism) on Your Kids…and 5 Signs You’re Not

"If our kids are someday shocked by the claims of skeptics, we didn’t do our job."

How to Read More

"I now read five to 10 times more books now than I did just a few years ago, and I attribute it to these simple habits."

How to Help a Defiant Child

Practical, quick fixes that will help you show God's love to a defiant kid.

The Big Problem With Family Ministry

"The family discipleship model is great for Christian kids with Christian parents, but what about all the unsaved kids who don’t have Christian parents to disciple them?"

Perfect Peace for Imperfect Parents

"Failure isn’t an option in parenting. It’s an inevitability."

Using the Week Gap Between Christmas and New Year’s to Plan Ahead

The down week between Christmas and New Year’s is probably the best chance you have to get ahead for next year.

10 Things You Need to Unlearn About Children’s Ministry

"Over the years, I've learned somethings that I had to go back and unlearn."

Should Parents Lay Down the Law or Give Grace?

I have parents who talk to me all the time about their struggle with the question, "When should I enforce law and when should I give grace?"

5 Ways to Regain Classroom Attention

"I’ve found that there are several ways you can prevent losing the room, and ways to regain it when accidents happen."

9 Things I Will Teach My Kids About God

"God won’t always give us clear and crisp directions."

6 Things I Tell Every Story Teller

"What I have found is the things that make good story tellers great story tellers is they are constant learners."

Church as a Community Stress-Reliever for the Christmas Season

We all know the list. The preschool play. The elementary choir performance, hand bell performance and live nativity (which you will do five times leading up to Christmas).

Gaining a Perspective on Failure

At my first job in a church, my boss told me he wanted his children to fail as young as possible.

Concern vs. Personal Responsibility

"If I take on the weight of even half of the hurts and needs that I encounter in just one week, I greatly decrease the effectiveness of my ministry."

8 Things Most People Don’t Get About Children’s Ministry

If you are serving in children's ministry, you will resonate with the following eight statements of what people don't get about children's ministry. I'm not writing this for us. I'm writing this for those who aren't in children's ministry.

John Lindell Calls Mark Driscoll To Repent for ‘Trying To Destroy...

During an evening service on Wednesday (April 17), Pastor John Lindell of James River Church in Ozark, Missouri, accused controversial Pastor Mark Driscoll of attempting to sow division in Lindell's family.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders