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A Grandpa’s Christmas Prayer for his Grandsons
Dear Phoenix (age 6), Judah (almost 6), and Decker (age 3), Following Jesus has...
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May 24, 2016
Your Sunday School Program is Working…But Does it Work? (Check out the Quote from a Millennial!)
If you run Sunday school/Children’s Church concurrently with worship, it may be working well. The...
May 24, 2016
Why Men Hate Going to Church: A Podcast with David Murrow
David Murrow is the author of Why Men Hate Going to Church. Few people have their finger...
May 13, 2016
How to Speak Man: A Brief Tutorial for Church Leaders Who Want to Reach Men
Men and women are equal. Men and women are different. That’s my starting point. If...
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Beware! Jesus Only Serves Sinners
I have come to call not the righteous, but sinners! --Jesus An old proverb says:...
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Is Nastiness the New Authenticity?
During a radio show the host said he couldn’t support Donald Trump because he wasn’t...
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If Jesus Gave His Nazareth Sermon to Evangelical Republicans…Would They Want To Throw Him Off a Cliff, too?
Imagine the scene: Jesus, who once played on the dusty streets of the village of...
December 2015
December 19, 2015
The Myth of the War on Christmas?
Several news outlets, including CBS and NBC, recently covered a story about yet another apparent...
November 2015
November 10, 2015
Why Dropping Sunday School Could Save the Soul of Your Church
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September 2015
September 29, 2015
The Church’s Male Dilemma
For the last several years, authors like my friend, David Murrow, have passionately argued for...
August 2015
August 19, 2015
The Steroid Church
Why do men hate going to church? My friend, David Murrow has written a best-selling...
June 2015
June 26, 2015
Could Dad be the Key to Healing Our Country?
Near the end of his book, Do Fathers Matter? What Science is Telling Us About...
May 2015
May 08, 2015
Why Church Matters to Your Kids—Part 4: Reason #3 is…
If Jesus matters to us, then what matters to Jesus will matter to us. If...
May 01, 2015
Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 3: Reason #2 is…
In my first two posts on this issue I have argued that the Church matters…and...
April 2015
April 23, 2015
Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 2: Reason #1 is…
As I cited in my first post on this subject, church attendance among Christians has...
April 16, 2015
Why Church Matters to Your Kids, Part 1: Does the Church Matter?
Philip Yancey, in his book, What’s so Amazing About Grace, opens up with a gut-wrenching...
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January 27, 2015
A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in His Kids–Part 2: From Outsourcing to Dadsourcing
(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging...
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A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in his Kids–Part 1
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November 06, 2014
Confessions of a (Former) Seeker Church Pastor
I was the Associate Pastor of a large, Lutheran, Seeker-driven congregation in the Phoenix area...
September 2014
September 09, 2014
The Imperative for Brain-Washing our Kids
I’ve been a pastor for over 30 years. For the last 9 years a part...
August 2014
August 17, 2014
Are Children’s/Youth Ministries the New Leper Colonies?
The little children were being brought to Jesus in order that he might lay his...
August 05, 2014
Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church
About 40 years ago a profound shift took place in many Christian congregations across the...
July 2014
July 01, 2014
Real Boys Don’t “Fall in Love” with Jesus
Imagine dropping your son off at football practice and as he’s walking toward the field...
June 2014
June 25, 2014
The Tyranny of Boy-Blindess: The Fog of Gender Wars
The Fog of War: The unavoidable aspect of war wherein the intelligence gathered is always...
May 2014
May 08, 2014
The Key to Building a High Impact Men’s Ministry
If you’ve worked in men’s ministry, or if you know anything about men’s ministry in...
April 2014
April 24, 2014
Dad: Coach, Cheerleader, and Companion. (Guest Post by Dave Brown)
For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...
March 2014
March 07, 2014
Finally: Unmasking the Ultimate Culprit Behind the Boy Crisis
I had a fascinating “discussion” with a Facebook friend a few weeks ago. He has...
January 2014
January 10, 2014
A Grandpa’s Prayer for his Grandsons
Dear Phoenix (age 3), Judah (almost 3), and Decker (4 weeks), Following Jesus has been...
December 2013
December 12, 2013
A Girl’s Santa Wish List
A Father: Who will protect me, guide me, encourage me, love me, and show me...
December 10, 2013
A Boy’s Santa Wish List
A dad: Who will be involved in my life, who will teach me to be...
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