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How do you create experiences at home that influence your kids' faith? Here's what my parents did for me and a resource I'll reference for doing the same for my kids.

Creating experiences that shape our kids' faith - MinistryFamily.com Kids are influenced by what they're taught and by their experiences. We want to be intentional about creating faith experiences that influence their faith.

Turns out we accidentally taught our children that Christmas is about the stuff we get. Ugh! Here's how we'll try to reverse that.

Ugh! Our kids think Christmas is about presents! - MinistryFamily.com We want our kids to know what Christmas is all about, but as a parent, I accidentally taught my children that Christmas is about presents instead of Christ.

Stories influence my children, especially the stories Dana and I live in front of them, like our recent trip to Haiti...

Shaping the stories my children believe - MinistryFamily.com The stories we believe shape our lives. As a parent, part of my role is to shape what stories my children learn and believe because it changes their future.

I've been wrestling with defining a vision for my family. I see now that it's critical to have for so many reasons...

Dreaming of a discipleship vision for my family - MinistryFamily.com We know it's important for churches to cast a vision and plan for discipleship, but it is just as important for families to do the same for their children.

Wow. Six years and 500 videos of sharing life on our family YouTube channel! Here's our 500th video highlighting the moments we've shared. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our lives!

Our 500th Video: Highlights from 2006 to today This is our 500th (public) video here on our YouTube channel! Woo hoo! I took a lot of the highlights from the past 6 years of our life here on YouTube and c...

Grab this free Dave Ramsey audiobook for your kids this weekend only!

Download a FREE Dave Ramsey audiobook for your kids My sister pointed this out to me and I couldn't help but pass it along! Through this weekend only, Dave Ramsey is offering a free kids audiobook download! No need to part with personal information, sign up for email lists, or anything like that. Just a plain and simple...

I noticed my kids are starting to pray like me, and that's not really a good thing.

Modeling a deeper prayer life for my kids My family makes it a habit to pray together before we eat and before bedtime. We also pray together before long car rides and sometimes over other random things. Our two-year-old loves to lead us in prayer now, and it's so cute because she goes on and on and on and on...

Dana and I know this is important, but we need some advice. Thanks for your input!

Memorizing scripture with your children, but where do we start? Last Saturday we made a 12 hour drive from our new home in Cincinnati to my in-laws place here in Texas. On long road trips like that we let the kids watch DVDs in the car, mostly because it gives me and Dana a break from constantly digging out new snacks, picking dropped toys off...

Posted this on Life in Student Ministry this morning. Great ideas here!

8 ideas for making family your primary ministry [Guest Post] Serving our family at home is our primary ministry, not our ministry to the church or the youth group. Here's 8 ideas for doing so.

Looks like a great opportunity for pastors wives and women in ministry! Have any of you guys ever attended this virtual conference?

FREE virtual conference for pastors wives starts today! Just a heads up for you guys: LeadingAndLovingIt.com is hosting a FREE virtual conference over the next 4 weeks specifically for pastors wives and women in ministry. It's called The JustONE...

Am I just over-analyzing all of this? I'd love some good parental advice on what I'm unintentionally teaching my kids!

Oh man, what am I teaching my kids about church?! I realized a few weeks ago that I've defaulted to teaching my kids two things about church that I would never intentionally teach them. Every Sunday we wake up a bit earlier than usual and I tell our kids, "Hey, it's time to get ready to go to church!" It's innocent...