The Plodding Preacher

One of our chief concerns at our church lies in reaching our own precious children with the Gospel.  It is our conviction that every Christian parent's first mission field and ministry must be to her own family.  Yet many parents feel inadequate for this God-given task.  There is absolutely no reason to re-invent the wheel with each and every family.  We need to find the resources to help us with the task.  One such resource is found at http://ministry-to-children.com/ .  The stuff on this site is designed to be used in Church children's programs, but it could be used effectively in family devotions as well.  Even better, the site includes a list of the top 100 blog sites for ministering to children.

This afternoon I watched the Christmas concert put on by our Christian School children.  It included all the elements that I love in these concerts.  It had cute little ones dressed as shepherds and angels.  It included those who had trouble remembering their lines.  It even included that one child who unconsciously did something in front of the whole audience that would have absolutely mortified his mother. There is no doubt in my mind that Simon Cowell would have given the whole program a thumbs down if he had been judging the program.  Fortunately, an even more important judge was watching this program, and I am convinced that His evaluation was overwhelmingly positive.  You see, we have allowed ourselves to fall into the patterns of evaluation common in this world.  Music must be professional, slick - perfect, in order to be good.  The music I heard today was none of those things.  But it was joyful, heartfelt and glorifying to God....