Top Resources for Those Teaching Real Money Skills to ChildrenAre you a teacher looking for free, quality resources to help instruct students on managing their personal finances? The nonprofit Alliance for...

I wonder how ministry would look if we didn't care if we lost our jobs. It's not uncommon for pastors and staff to try to convince people we're worth keeping around. Every fundraiser or highlight video we make ...

A number of years ago, my wife and I met a gifted young woman named Laura at one of the weeklong spiritual retreats we lead for pastors and their spouses.Laura's husband was a busy pastor. She was a busy lawyer...

In 2006, iShine Ministries was founded to provide a positive, Christ-oriented, life-altering alternative to tweens (young people ages 8 to 12). Today, the multi-media organization produces one of the highe...

I grew up in a family with many Toms, but there was only one Uncle Tom in my world while growing up.Once upon a time, Uncle Tom took two youngsters—my dad and his sister—fishing at a creek a short w...

"He is before all things, and in him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17).Walking down the dusty, cracked, litter-ridden streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, fragmentation and brokenness can be seen everywh...

The BackdropWe all have our own stories—stories about growing up, relationships and about how we found (or are finding) God.Psalms 107 is a collection of stories of how people found their way to God. Each...

In the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, New York Times op-ed writer Nicholas Kristof reported that at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, financial experts were wondering out loud whether the economy woul...

Hands down, my all-time favorite movie. So much so that I spent four months writing my master's thesis with Singin' in the Rain as the subject. I read the screenplay, along with every book written about the fil...

I often find myself having conversations with youth about their attendance to youth group or lack thereof. Usually their responses are quite legitimate; however, they commonly lead to a much deeper discussion a...