I have a huge favor to ask of you. I know that this blog is being read by children’s ministry workers literally around the world. Some of the readers are Children’s Pastors. and others are those who assist in the various types of children’s...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Burns family! Billy and Vickie Our 3-year-old grandson Joey is being held by our oldest son Jason. Our 7-month-old grandson Gavin is being held by Jason’s beautiful wife Elisabeth. Completing the Burns’ household are our sons...

A Personal Note from Billy

Is this year really almost over? Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were beginning 2009? What happened? How could 365 days disappear so quickly? What a year. God has opened up so many doors. In addition to our conferences here in the United States, we also had the...

My To-Do List

If you’ve been to any of our Ignite Conferences, you’ve heard me talk about my passion for reading. I often state that every great leader is a great reader. My time constraints might limit me to a page or two at a time, but I do try to read each and every...

The Greatest Gift

Ladies, you can be so thankful that you didn’t marry me. During this time of the year, the true Billy Burns comes out. I HATE to shop. I don’t mind going into the store to get an item if we know exactly what we are going for. I can tolerate a quick in and...

Merry Christmas from the Burns Family

Four Generations of Burns at Christmas! Billy and Vickie Our oldest son, Jason, and his wife Elisabeth, and our FAVORITE grandson, Joey My parents, Bill and Elizabeth Directly behind me is our youngest son Aaron and to his right is our second son, Michael Rarely am I...