Are Your Kids "Already Gone"?

I’m in the process of reading Ken Ham and Britt Beemer’s book Already Gone. For years, I’ve shared the statistics showing some 70% to 80% percent of our youth abanding the church after high school graduation. But, Already Gone gives some fresh...

Got Any Dice?

In reading through the Book of Acts again this week, I noticed this interesting fact that applies to all of us in the children’s ministry.In Acts 1, the upper room was filled with so many great people, many of whom had actually walked daily with Jesus. As per...

It’s Your Move!

Here’s a little known fact about Billy Burns. I am hopelessly addicted to playing word games. (If there is a support group for this addiction, I don’t want to be a part of it.) I absolutely LOVE any kind of word game. To show you my passion for this...

TODAY is the Day of the Holy Ghost

Let me start off this blog by doing two things. First of all, I am wishing myself a happy 53rd birthday. On this day, January 4, in 1957, Bill and Elizabeth Burns became the parents of a stunningly handsome, incredibly intelligent, unquestionably funny, and undeniably...