by Billy Burns | Jan 11, 2021 | Children's Ministry, God's Promises, Leadership
THE BACKGROUND: Semmelwhat? No, it is Semmelweis. Semmelwho? Ignaz Semmelweis (pronounced IG-nahts ZEM-uhl-vice). I am confident that very few if any of this blog’s readership has heard of Semmelweis (1818-1865). After reading the following story, I believe that...
by Billy Burns | Nov 25, 2019 | Leadership, Walk of the Spirit
Whoa … stop … alright already. I am quite sure that there are some readers that have pulled out the dictionary to look up the word “Hankinsisms” and are ready to correct my word choice. For all of you grammarians, I know that...
by Billy Burns | Aug 19, 2019 | Children's Ministry, Leadership, Walk of the Spirit
If you have followed this blog for any period of time, you have read over and over again that there aren’t two Holy Spirits … one who is a full-strength Holy Spirit for the adults and another who is a junior, less powerful, diluted Holy Spirit for the...
by Billy Burns | Aug 12, 2019 | Children's Ministry, Leadership, Walk of the Spirit
Having been a children’s pastor in a church for some 25 years, I have so, so many stories that I could share. I was reminded yesterday morning of a wonderful couple who came into my office one Sunday morning to tell me that they were leaving our church. I...
by Billy Burns | Jul 1, 2019 | Leadership, Uncategorized, Walk of the Spirit
The beauty of the longevity in writing this blog is that I have had almost twelve years to write about so, so many aspects of the person and work of the Holy Spirit. The negative side of publishing a blog post week after week is that, oft times, the truths and...
by Billy Burns | Apr 8, 2019 | Children's Ministry, Leadership
I recognize that in the vast readership of this blog, I have people involved in so many different forms of ministry. I try to write with that in mind. But, for the past few days, I have felt an urgency to do something that I rarely do. I want to target just a small...