This month, my wife, Debra, started a new Kids Pastor position at a church in Edina, MN. On Sunday, Deb asked me to give an altar call at the end of the message. In my mind, I felt all the kids had a relationship with Jesus, but I followed Deb’s lead. I was blessed when […]
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8 NIV I’m convinced that many of the kids who grow up in church are not born again. What I mean is they have no understanding of God’s grace. I see two […]
I once had a supervisor tell me, “Don’t talk to the kids at church about sin.” Those of us that minster to kids don’t like to think of kids as sinners. We do what we do because we love kids. We love their hunger, and we love their “innocence.” If we are honest with ourselves, […]
We live in an angry world. The voices of hate seem to be louder than the voices of kindness. As followers of Christ, we cannot participate in hate. We cannot respond with hatred. Our kids can be affected by the anger and hatred, but what can we do about it? Here’s the deal. People are […]
One of the most powerful things about the gift of tongues is that you can supernaturally pray for things you don’t know about. “Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with [a]groanings too deep for words.” Romans […]
I’m not going to lie. Yesterday was a scary day for anyone who lives in the Twin Cities. A spirit of fear tried to get to me as events unfolded in Minneapolis. When I heard the rhetoric that followed the shooting and watched videos of lawlessness on the streets, I thought, “Here we go again.“ […]
“Look, the Virgin will conceive a child!She will give birth to a son,And they will call him ImmanuelWhich means ‘God with us” This time of year, we hear many people say, “Christmas is all about Jesus,” but thetruth is, Christmas is about “God with us.” “God with us” is the message of the entire Bible. […]
Debbie and I have an assignment to take revival to the next generations – Gen Z and Generation Alpha. We do this by creating Spirit-Filled resources for the church and the home, and empowering Kids Pastors and Kidmin Leaders for Spirit-led ministry to kids. One year ago, I asked the Lord, “How come there aren’t […]
Kids often get filled with the Holy Spirit at a special meeting or Kids Camp and never pray in tongues again. That’s not good. Why ask God for a gift and then only use it one time? The Lord gave us the gift of tongues for a reason. Praying in tongues is a powerful supernatural […]
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a history-changing event for our nation and for the church. “Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for his friends” I have seen many conflicting opinions on social media. Some say Charlie wasn’t a martyr, others that it was a political assassination. Our opinions […]