Connecting With Older Children

As parents, we long to connect with our children in meaningful ways. Those connections often provide opportunities to teach because feeling closeness softens the heart. When children are young, those special feelings of closeness happen regularly, even daily. You read a book to your four-year-old, he leans on your arm, and you cherish the time of connection. You correct your …

Raising Kids With A Lasting Faith: Interview with Ken and Betsy Delgado

Our family was blessed to have Ken and Betsy join us for dinner in our home.  What intrigued me about them was that all three of their grown children are following Christ and using their gifts to serve in ministry.   The week prior to our dinner, we heard their son preach at their church and while there, met their daughter …

2.5 Years After Saddleback Cancels Youth Worship: Follow up Interview with Josh Griffin

Our first interview was 5 months after Saddleback started canceling youth worship once a month to have families worship together, appropriately called: Worship Together Weekend. As expected, everyone was excited about the change…at first…. In this second interview with Josh, we talk about the importance of kids in worship, what Saddleback has learned and how they have adjusted since starting …