Whitney Houston has made some serious missteps in the past few years, many of which were documented by the media and even her ex-husband’s ill-conceived reality show “Being Bobby Brown.” Understandably, Whitney wants all of us to forget her past drug and marital issues and focus on her music again, which leads us to her [...]

Whether you have been a staff member for a short time or for more years than you care to count, you already know that getting along with your pastor can be trying. Maybe you serve with a pastor who has not expressed his expectations. Maybe because he has not or cannot express his expectations, the [...]

Goal setting is an important concept to consider in guiding our teens to become fully functional adults in this world. Understanding what drives people is a first step in guiding our teens to set reasonable goals for their own lives. Psychologically, the will to live, the need to feel important, the need to be unique, [...]

Pam Gibbs, LifeWay Girls Ministry Specialist was asked a few questions about Girls Ministry at LifeWay. Here is what Pam had to say: 
Q. Tell us what our goal is with LifeWay Girls Ministry?One of the markers we follow is this: “Girls ministry provides a culturally relevant, holistic approach to meeting the real-life needs of [...]

The past two weeks have been crazy at our church.  It seems like the last few weeks we have put out a dozen fires with our students making poor choices. It started with a student leader who decided to skip school for 16 days. When she decided she did not like her new school. This student [...]

It’s 2009 can you believe it! 2008 ended with a lot going on for me. My 19 year old brother was in a major accident. Basically, there was only one door left on the car. God showed himself to be faithful through this travesty. My brother is fine and will be going back to college [...]

“Walk in newness of life…” Romans 6:4
Some people stay up until midnight to welcome in a New Year. Others will stay up to make sure the old year leaves! Seriously, as you enter this New Year, you can’t afford to let your past infect your present or sabotage your future.  It is time to [...]

What a Christmas!!!!!  On Saturday, Dec. 19th around 4 PM my husbands (Jeff), our 3 kids, a one of our kids’ friends were on their way home.  As they were crossing over an intersection, someone ran a red light and hit them.  The impact was so intense, it ran them off the road into a [...]

 “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadedth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.”(Psalms 68:19)
It is so easy to get caught up in the daily rituals of life, which bring about so many things—some good and some not so good. However, it seems that people focus more on the bad than they [...]

In a moment of weakness, I bought some goo for the boys that was advertised on television. The people using it in the commercials were having lots of fun applying the goo to cups and notebooks, creating colorful and cool customized, well, junk.
When it arrived we settled on the back porch trying to do exactly [...]