Our Prayer

Small Matters goes on sale next Tuesday.  There is still time to preorder the book and receive bonus teaching material. “Our prayer is that as you read, God will open your eyes to show you how much small matters. We hope that the needs of children will become a...

Finding Hope

A fascinating story about Jesus is recounted in Luke, chapter 8. Jesus had a crowd around him when a man named Jairus approached him. Jairus fell at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come to his home because his twelve-year-old daughter—his only child—was dying. So Jesus...

Bonus

Pre-Order a copy of Small Matters before April 12 to receive an exclusive Teaching/Sermon Series Outline to accompany the book! The pre-order bonus includes four weeks of sermon outlines with creative content (including a sermon bumper and video links) to engage...

Danger by the Numbers

All children are exposed to the violence of life. Some witness it firsthand. Others experience it through the media. An average American child will see 200,000 violent acts and 16,000 murders on TV by age eighteen. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of children have...

Poverty and Prosperity

Please enjoy this excerpt from Chapter 1: Every child is at risk. There are dangers and diseases that stem from poverty, and there are dangers and diseases that stem from prosperity. Throughout our travels to some of the darkest recesses of poverty on the planet,...

First Time

This past weekend a friend attended church with me for the first time. Actually, he attended church as a child but hadn’t been in church for the past 18 years. It was fascinating experiencing a weekend gathering with someone you care about and whom you desperately...