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May 2016

May 24, 2016

Your Sunday School Program is Working…But Does it Work? (Check out the Quote from a Millennial!)

If you run Sunday school/Children’s Church concurrently with worship, it may be working well. The...

May 24, 2016

Why Men Hate Going to Church: A Podcast with David Murrow

David Murrow is the author of Why Men Hate Going to Church. Few people have their finger...

May 13, 2016

How to Speak Man: A Brief Tutorial for Church Leaders Who Want to Reach Men

Men and women are equal. Men and women are different. That’s my starting point. If...

April 2016

April 07, 2016

Beware! Jesus Only Serves Sinners

I have come to call not the righteous, but sinners! --Jesus An old proverb says:...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

If Jesus Gave His Nazareth Sermon to Evangelical Republicans…Would They Want To Throw Him Off a Cliff, too?

Imagine the scene: Jesus, who once played on the dusty streets of the village of...

December 2015

December 19, 2015

The Myth of the War on Christmas?

Several news outlets, including CBS and NBC, recently covered a story about yet another apparent...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

Why Dropping Sunday School Could Save the Soul of Your Church

(Excerpted from: Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church! The True Story of How One...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

The Church’s Male Dilemma

For the last several years, authors like my friend, David Murrow, have passionately argued for...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

The Steroid Church

Why do men hate going to church? My friend, David Murrow has written a best-selling...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Could Dad be the Key to Healing Our Country?

Near the end of his book, Do Fathers Matter? What Science is Telling Us About...

May 2015

May 08, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids—Part 4: Reason #3 is…

If Jesus matters to us, then what matters to Jesus will matter to us. If...

May 01, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 3: Reason #2 is…

In my first two posts on this issue I have argued that the Church matters…and...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 2: Reason #1 is…

As I cited in my first post on this subject, church attendance among Christians has...

April 16, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids, Part 1: Does the Church Matter?

Philip Yancey, in his book, What’s so Amazing About Grace, opens up with a gut-wrenching...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in His Kids–Part 2: From Outsourcing to Dadsourcing

(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging...

January 20, 2015

A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in his Kids–Part 1

(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging faith in...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Confessions of a (Former) Seeker Church Pastor

(Excerpt from Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church! The True Story of How One...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

The Imperative for Brain-Washing our Kids

I’ve been a pastor for over 30 years. For the last 9 years a part...

August 2014

August 17, 2014

Are Children’s/Youth Ministries the New Leper Colonies?

(Excerpted from: Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church! The True Story of How One...

August 05, 2014

Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church

(Excerpted from Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church: The True Story of How One Congregation...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Real Boys Don’t “Fall in Love” with Jesus

Imagine dropping your son off at football practice and as he’s walking toward the field...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

The Tyranny of Boy-Blindess: The Fog of Gender Wars

The Fog of War: The unavoidable aspect of war wherein the intelligence gathered is always...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

The Key to Building a High Impact Men’s Ministry

If you’ve worked in men’s ministry, or if you know anything about men’s ministry in...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Dad: Coach, Cheerleader, and Companion. (Guest Post by Dave Brown)

For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...

March 2014

March 07, 2014

Finally: Unmasking the Ultimate Culprit Behind the Boy Crisis

I had a fascinating “discussion” with a Facebook friend a few weeks ago. He has...

January 2014

January 10, 2014

A Grandpa’s Prayer for his Grandsons

Dear Phoenix (age 3), Judah (almost 3), and Decker (4 weeks), Following Jesus has been...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

A Girl’s Santa Wish List

A Father: Who will protect me, guide me, encourage me, love me, and show me...

December 10, 2013

A Boy’s Santa Wish List

A dad: Who will be involved in my life, who will teach me to be...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Could the Church be the Best Hope for Our Boys?

These are tough days to be a boy! Boys are falling behind girls in virtually...

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