Who has the most influence in your class?It may not be you. It might be one of your kids.In John Maxwell’s book The 5 Levels of Leadership he states that the lowest level of leadership is people following you because they have to.The second level of leadership is...

What do you really want?I hired a personal coach the other day and he asked me this question.“If I gave you a DVD that was a four-minute highlight video of your life in 2017, what would be on the DVD?”What do you look like?Where do you live?What are your...

Do you ever get crazy ideas? I love crazy ideas. I love to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. Two weeks ago I got a crazy idea. I was invited to speak at the Transform Conference in Denver. (Actually, I invited myself, but don’t tell anybody) In...

I was teaching on "How to use the Word of God to resist the spirit of fear.” This was a sermon I borrowed from Pastor Willie George. He used apples to represent fearful thoughts like, "Somebody is outside your window" and a machete to represent the sword of the...

I was only 19 years old when I started preaching to children. I got my start in the 3, 4 & 5 year old class at Faith Christian Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The church had experienced rapid growth. We had eighty kids in the preschool class and only 40 chairs. I...

It has been said that “success is a journey, not a destination,” so I thought I would share with you my ministry journey and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I remember the first time I met a children’s pastor. It was October of 1978. I was attending my...

The God kind of love, that we base our marriage and relationships on, is not rooted in selfishness (what do I get out of this), but in commitment.The month of February is earmarked for promoting romance. Everywhere we look there are roses galore, chocolate heart...

Every summer I take a team of kids and teens on a ministry trip to help lead with worship and drama. I strategically pick churches that are different so my kids can experience how God moves in different kinds of churches.These are some of my favorite churches that...

In His grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.(Rom. 12:6 NLT) One of the things I love about church is the diversity I see in the body of Christ around the world. There are many different kinds of churches and each church has a...

“Therefore I remind you that you stir up the gift of God….” I remember when I first started teaching kids. It was 1978 and I was only19 years old. Pastor Willie George taught a class on Ministering to Children at the Bible School I was attending. One day, Pastor...

Have you ever reached that point where you don’t feel like leading anymore?When I first started in ministry I wanted to quit about once a week. As I matured it was just once a month. Now it is only once or twice or year that I think about putting up the white...

For if we would judge ourselves we should not be judged. (1 Cor. 11:31) One of the signs of a mature Christian is that they have an internal compass. They have the ability to judge themselves.The key to spiritual growth is the ability to do...