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Overcoming Fatigue, Frustration, and Burn Out

There was this really beautiful moment this past year I’ll never forget. It was a moment of honesty like I’ve never witnessed in my life. Perhaps it was because, in that vast room I was standing in, we agreed to (in the words of Beth…

The Name that Defeats Overwhelm

My oldest son has been grappling with the unknown as he entered his first couple weeks of Kindergarten. Between the stomach flu and abnormal routines, he has found himself overwhelmed by newness and even his own expectations of himself. As a mom, I’ve struggled with…

Remember Today

It was a Tuesday morning, and I was in the family room of my childhood home here in the US with a few other kids who were in our homeschool group. We had just finished settling in for the day, and began preparing to start…

The Fierceness of Leading With Kindness

“You’re never going to make it in leadership if you keep being kind.” Several years ago, this statement was expressed to me on the way out of a meeting. I had just handled an intense situation differently than my peer would have. What was expressed…

We Will Tell the Next Generation

Did you know that the calling you are committing your life to this week joins a beautiful song of God’s people from the time of David? Check out Psalm 78 this morning – you’re likely very familiar with this passage! It’s a song of commitment,…

6 Critical Areas of Self-Care for Leaders

Summer ministry season is here, and many of you are in the midst of or preparing for significant community outreach like VBS, sports camps, and more. We’re in your corner as you prepare and lead and create spaces for kids to come to know and…

What’s Good about Today?

Good Friday requires something from us. And it is needful that it does. When we arrive in Luke 23, we observe the ways that the chief priests, scribes, soldiers of the Roman army, and Roman officials have all falsely accused, mocked, and ultimately sentenced the innocent Lamb…

6 Facts About Early Childhood that Impact Discipleship

Have you ever marveled at a little baby trying to mimic the way you were smiling or forming your words? What about the time a toddler shared a window into their way of seeing the world as you built blocks together? Or maybe you got…

Managing vs. Shepherding Your Volunteers

We’ve been chatting a lot around the office lately about how God uses children’s ministry leaders in the lives of their volunteer teams. You hold such a critical role in the discipleship of kids AND your team. I remember when I was a wide-eyed, newly…