My wife doesn’t like this word, but sin sucks! Children are aware of their own sin. When approaching the topic of sin avoid these two traps: 1) Gloss over sin saying, “That’s just kids being kids.” (Seeds planted soon grow.) 2) Squash children with an overbearing weight of impossible expectations. Rather, teach awareness of personal... Continue Reading →
I'm sure you can tell many of your own personal stories to your children. They will love hearing about them! Don't neglect to pass on your journey to the next generation. They will benefit from your experience and the lessons you learned from it. Here's one of my stories and a simple lesson you can... Continue Reading →
For one of my classes in seminary I wrote a paper inspired by the Biblical passage in Exodus 20:5-6 and repeated in Deuteronomy 5:9-10, which says, ...I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,... Continue Reading →
I was checking out some kids tv over on YTV. There's a new popular show called Victorious marketed to tweeners. A recent episode is called Ice Cream for Ke$ha. Tori basically is desperate to win a contest to have Ke$ha for a private concert. Ke$ha is a popular musical artist with a hit song called... Continue Reading →
Funny joke, angels, northern lights, bad things and sin all make up this edition of my weekly Chat Show at our LEDGE kids church service. (From April 17). Use the arrows to move around in the slide show or press stop to stay a little longer on a particular slide. Please note, that when I... Continue Reading →
At church in our kids service, we're focusing on the theme Epic Adventures for the month. It's all about joining God in the adventure He's designed for us. Last Sunday we talked about the most epic fail of all time: the original sin. This sin is what prevents us from living in God's epic adventure.... Continue Reading →
Show this video and talk about what needs to happen for us to come to God and be rescued from our sin! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeuosiXiUqw
Marriage is never easy. I was just reading about good old Jacob. You know the deceiver in the book of Genesis? The trickster got tricked into marrying the "ugly" woman first, then got the pretty one. He always showed favourtism toward Rachel. Conflicts of preference, conflicts of wealth, conflicts with in-laws, conflicts with kids. That story... Continue Reading →
At our men's Boot Camp this past weekend I shared a 6 mimute clip from John Piper. Everytime I listen to it, and it's been a lot, I'm fired up to push away sin and run to Jesus. One of the biggest problems people face is a simple one: we just don't care about believing... Continue Reading →
Pastor Steve is a Children's and Family Pastor. He communicates about parenting, family and children's ministry.
