A thought-provoking article from Carey Nieuwhof: "It comes up in a surprising number of conversations these days. And no one's quite surehow to respond to it. The issue? Even committed church attenders are attending church less often. Sure, the trend has been happening for years (gone are the days when people attended 50 out of 52 Sundays), but the issue isreaching a ti...
Keep ReadingWe so enjoyed the kids in the Bethel KidsMin yesterday! Theypointed us to Christ through their singing and signing! We started the service with a hilarious video, Christmas According to Kids!...
Keep ReadingTony Reinke at Desiring God asks a challenging question to get us to consider the value and cautions of young people using and owning a smartphone. He writes... When Silicon Valley's 20-something techno-prodigies were awing the world with new, shiny, unveilings of iPods and then iPhones and then iPads, many of the inventors didn't have kids. Few had teens. Now, mos...
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Keep ReadingVia SPTS, we hear from Elliot Clark, who lived in Central Asia for six years where he served as a cross-cultural church planter along with his wife and three children. He writes... I will never forget the time as a teenager when I first told my parents that I felt called to missions. Their response was both encouraging and measured. They expressed initial happiness but a...
Keep ReadingCrossway and author Courtney Reissiggive us Gospel-drenched thoughts on child-rearing. Work Doesn't Exist in Isolation We want to raise our children to see themselves as contributors to society, and whether they work inside the home or work outside the home, we want them to see that work is not about pay, it's about contribution. We're teaching our little image bearer...
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