Is bringing the Bible to church a waste of time? That’s the status quo the parents at our church would like to challenge in our children’s ministries. Lee and I are helping in the children’s church program at our church. After singing, Scripture reading, prayer, and offering, children post-nursery (age three to four) up to […]

Today during church I decided to sing with Bethel instead of fussing at David to sing (lately I’ve been ignoring them both as long as they behave). As Bethel “sang” with me, I again started to worry about David: He shows little interest in the things of God…. Four year olds love to sing, and […]

The Problem: Bethel has been quite noisy in church. At our new church, children are involved in the first part of the service (singing, Scripture reading, prayer, and offering), and Bethel has been giving a constant running commentary: “All done singing” “That’s Pastor Tyson” “Praying now?” and so on. I wouldn’t mind her talking if […]