Merry Christmas! I imagine you are familiar with the story of Santa Claus. As the story goes, Santa has a list. He checks it twice. On his list there are two kinds of people, those who have been naughty, and those who have been nice. For the nice people, he brings...
Thanksgiving was just about one week ago. For most of us, “thankfulness” comes a little easier on that day. After all, that is what the holiday is all about! Perhaps you even sat around your dinner table and shared with friends and family, “What are...
The idea of “church membership,” or “joining a church,” has become increasingly unpopular in recent decades. It sounds and feels so old-fashioned! Perhaps some associate “membership” with things like Netflix or a country club. Many...
Dear friends, I am writing to ask you to help one of my friends. His name is Christian Carlson (married to Rebekah), and he serves as Family Pastor at Fellowship Church just down the road from me in Carol Stream, IL. Christian is a disabled veteran and is 100%...
If you have a passion for youth or children’s ministry you have no doubt heard the call to return to the early church’s model of “family ministry.” Keep families together! Equip parents to disciple their children! However, the family ministry conversation does...
I want to invite you to join me Saturday morning, November 16th, from 830-1000am at Wheaton Academy in West Chicago, IL for a unique parenting seminar. This seminar is for parents of teens and our focus will be Preparing Our Sons and Daughters For Success in Marriage...
Have you ever wondered where hospitals came from? Christian men and women put their money together and built them. Why are there organizations like the Red Cross and YMCA? Christian men and women embraced God’s call on their lives to use their resources to care for...
Changing Your Family Legacy The mission of parenting is overwhelming. As a father of six, with a baby on the way, sometimes I feel like my wife and I have all we can do to simply “get through” each day. It is so easy to lose sight of why God created our families! God...
In the sweep of Christian history there are very few famous local churches. Take this 10-second quiz. Answer as quickly as you can. 1. Name three local churches from the 1800s that made an impact on the world for Christ. Don’t think about famous buildings, but...
God is the Lord of the Harvest. We are workers in His field. He calls us into seasons of cultivating, sowing, and reaping – and this was the pattern of ministry for the early Christians – a message from Acts...
