Hey! I serve as the Pastor of Family Ministries at Woodlands Church and am the founder of the Parent's Summit. I'm so thankful to be involved in this amazing work of developing families for God's glory. I have four kids, one wife and a fantastic church family. I love the gospel.
It’s fascinating that of the many verses in Scripture for parents, there are only two commands directed exclusively at fathers: Ephesians 6:4 and Colossians 3:21. It’s interesting that both contain the same root concept: don’t frustrate or exacerbate your kids. Ephesians 6:4: Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline
Hebrews 11:1, one of those definitional descriptions of faith in the Bible, says that, “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen.” In the context, the writer is talking about our faith in who God is and the plans that God will accomplish. But how does this translate
As I dropped my daughter off at first grade this morning, I marveled at the front lawn to the school – dandelions! The weeds were everywhere. As the spring rains have watered the ground over the past weeks, the pernicious little flowers have been taking over lawns and public spaces. The yellow sea in front
Most parents of preschool or young elementary-aged kids have a love-hate relationship with their children’s bedtime. It’s easy to love the result – a quiet house to ourselves before we go to bed, but it’s also easy to hate the process – endless complaining, whining, bathroom trips and plenty of “I can’t fall asleep!”s. Bedtime
I recently shared an article titled, “Parent’s, Please Don’t Let Your Kids Watch Logan and Jake Paul” with a group of parents regarding the subtle dangers of famous YouTube channel stars Logan and Jake Paul. The response was strong – I don’t know if I’ve shared an article in the past that garnered as much
This is a piece in our ongoing Parenting Ministry 101 series, directed towards church and family ministry leaders. Family ministry is seeing a resurgence in the local church, but we are missing a key piece. Led by wonderful minds in the youth ministry world, more churches are turning their attention toward equipping parents for the
I’m a huge Star Wars fan… don’t even ask me to estimate the number of times I’ve seen the original trilogy. It might be embarrassing! With the upcoming release of Episode 8 this Friday, I thought I’d share one scene that has stood out to me as a profound parenting scene, and it probably goes through
The modern church is quickly reclaiming the value of family in ministry. The rise of adolescence in the early 20th century, coupled with the responding surge of age-segregated ministry throughout the church, relegated family ministry to the backburner for much of the latter part of the 20th century. But today, everywhere you turn, you find more
The Parent’s Summit has three distinct guiding goals – that we would equip, encourage and resource parents. Two of those goals – equipping and resourcing, may seem similar on face value. But they are significantly different goals, with significantly different outcomes and audiences. They shouldn’t be confused, and they shouldn’t be neglected. Unfortunately, all too often,
Churches are very good at starting ministries. Most leadership teams are well acquainted with the process of identifying a need and drawing up an action plan, recruiting leadership and volunteer staff and then training, promoting and launching a ministry initiative, much like the process outlined in Acts 6. Unfortunately, when it comes to launching a
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