Thoughts, tips, and tutorials for Christian Ministry
This painting, by one of my favorite artists (my father-in-law, Fred F. Burnett) subtly highlights some key truths of the biblical Christmas story. Mary’s loving gaze at her child, reveals her amazement and wonder at the miraculous events transpiring. Joseph, head bowed, stands off to the side as if he knows that he is not Read More …
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7 I have 3 children, and all of them are born in December. Perhaps having my children during this season of celebrating the birth of Read More …
This past Thursday was the first Thanksgiving holiday that my family and I have ever spent outside the US. But, since our daughter is interning at a Christian home for boys in Honduras and our college son had a few days of break from school, our partial family group traveled to the tropics. The home Read More …
This will be short and sweet during this busy Thanksgiving week. I just wanted to share a very special project created by some very special kids. This is a “thankful tree” that the kids at our inner city outreach made. At first, they were a bit tentative about writing what they were thankful for on Read More …
During World War II, while the Nazis were rounding up Jewish people to send to their concentration camps, Corrie ten Boom and her family constructed a tiny hiding place in their home and helped save nearly 800 Jewish people before they were themselves caught. A century before that, here in the US, Christians were involved Read More …
Thankful Thursday — #2 The news had just gone out; the king had made his unalterable decree. Daniel returned to his home, and closed the door behind him. It was clear that he had enemies. There was no other reason for this new law. Jealousy of Daniel’s promotion and favor with the king had caused Read More …
Once upon a time, there was a little boy. Throughout his childhood, this boy went to church with his family. But as he grew up, he drifted away from the church, from faith, from God. He finished his school, found a job, got married, had a family — all the normal ways of life. Church Read More …
Ah, the sweet, innocent prayer of a 3 year old. The angelic head was bowed to nearly touching the table. His eyes were scrunched shut and his chubby hands clasped. His soft voice mumbled through the normal toddler realm of thankfulness… “Thank you, God, for Mommy. Thank you, God for Daddy. Thank you, God for Read More …
I posted these ideas just after Halloween last year. I am sharing them again, as Halloween is approaching for this year. Have you considered a Halloween ministry? Yes, Halloween is over, and we are into the thankfulness of November. But, after reading many blog posts about Halloween and talking to other Christians about this controversial Read More …
When I was a child, we went trick or treating, we wore costumes, and we even went to Halloween parties… at our church. GASP!! Perhaps even more surprising was that this was a Bible teaching, evangelical, conservative church. Some would even have said this church was legalistic on many issues of the day. However, Read More …