A Family Moment

As I write this week’s blog, it is Monday morning August 25. One year ago on this date, God placed the most beautiful baby boy into our lives, William Joseph (Joey) Burns. What a difference a year can make! Allow me to use this week’s blog to celebrate...

Batteries Not Included – The Series!

Sometimes in Children’s Ministry, we fall into the trap of thinking that we have to have flashy techno gadgets to bring the message home. Allow me to use this week’s blog to share a powerful teaching that would be great for a Sunday school class, a...

Lessons from a Gardener

Though I was raised in a small city, we still had enough country in us that our family always planted a garden each Spring. From those days, I learned that long before the seed is planted into the soil, the size of the crop is being established. How? The smart...