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Teaching the Old Testament to Children with Dr. Kaz Hayashi and Shelley Henning (Podcast)
Read more: Teaching the Old Testament to Children with Dr. Kaz Hayashi and Shelley Henning (Podcast)In this episode we talk about why it’s important to teach the Old Testament to children with Dr. Kaz Hayashi, who is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Bethel Seminary (St. Paul, MN) and Shelley Henning, who is the Co-founder and CEO of GrowFamily, which provides family resources for parents and church leaders, the Children’s…
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Parenting Children with Down Syndrome with Vinh Nguyen (Podcast)
Read more: Parenting Children with Down Syndrome with Vinh Nguyen (Podcast)Alt txt: Image of our guest, Vinh Nguyen, and one of our hosts: Dr. John Anthony Dunne. In this episode we are joined by Vinh Nguyen to talk about parenting children with Down syndrome. Vinh is a PhD student at McMaster Divinity College, and has served as a pastor in different capacities for over ten…
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The Eucharist with Children
Read more: The Eucharist with ChildrenThe Huffington Post recently published an article thanking the parents of young children for bringing their kids to church because of all that it teaches us about being part of the Body of Christ. I couldn’t agree more. Specifically, I think of all the things the children in our church have taught me about the…
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SSA: A Dad’s Perspective (Guest Post)
Read more: SSA: A Dad’s Perspective (Guest Post)Allow me to introduce myself. First and foremost, I’m a sinner saved by grace. I’m a husband and a father. I’ve been a youth leader, Sunday school teacher, deacon and elder. I served in the Air Force for thirty years. I was a three-sport letterman in high school, played college football, and played seven years…
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SSA: A Mom’s Perspective (Guest Post)
Read more: SSA: A Mom’s Perspective (Guest Post)My name is Donna, and I’d like to tell you about my son. Bryan is my second child, coming four years after his big brother, Jayson, and on his dad’s 31st birthday. He didn’t have a swollen and scrunched up face like some newborns, but was beautiful from the very beginning. His paternal grandfather was…
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Trusting My Caregiver: Reflections on a Miscarriage, and Learning How to Be a Child (Guest Post)
Read more: Trusting My Caregiver: Reflections on a Miscarriage, and Learning How to Be a Child (Guest Post)It’s Friday, 11:20 a.m. and I am so frustrated with my little charge, Giuliana. I just picked her up from school and we are driving back to the house when she asks me what we’re going to do when we get home. I tell her that she can play while I finish up a few…
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Parents: To Love Your Children, Love God First (Guest Post)
Read more: Parents: To Love Your Children, Love God First (Guest Post)There has seeped into the church culture a “new normal” with regard to children “growing up Christian.” I say “new normal” because I can only imagine it has not been this way in past generations of believers. Nothing in Scripture seems to support the idea that children growing up in a Christian home will “graduate…
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A Little Child Shall Lead Them (Guest Post)
Read more: A Little Child Shall Lead Them (Guest Post)In a recent staff meeting, the children’s ministries director told us that a family was “leaving our church for another place where their children could connect.” The presenting complaint was that the pre-teen and teenaged children could not understand the Sunday sermons. Therefore, they had a find a church where the preaching on Sunday suited…
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Foolishness is Bound up in the Heart of a Parent
Read more: Foolishness is Bound up in the Heart of a ParentIt’s time to make a significant difference in our homes; specifically with regard to the spiritual formation of our children. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, my wife and I are becoming expert empty-nesters. I believe we have a way to go before hitting the “veteran” level. But right now, we have adjusted to…
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Why I Wouldn’t Teach My Kids About Santa
Read more: Why I Wouldn’t Teach My Kids About SantaI don’t actually have a problem with Santa Claus. In fact, I enjoy the general holiday cheer, even if it isn’t specifically Christian. I’m fine with songs like ‘Santa Claus is Coming To Town,’ ‘Frosty the Snow Man,’ ‘Silver Bells,’ etc… Its all good fun. But of course, I appreciate the Christmas songs that contain…