In Let the Little Children Come, my goal is to convince church leaders and parents that children best grow into faithful, mature worshipers of Jesus Christ… Read More »New Book! Let the Little Children Come: Family Worship on Sunday (and the Other Six Days, Too)
Throughout my life, I have very rarely missed church services. Because of our governor’s “Stay-at-Home” order, this season has been one of the most prolonged… Read More »What I’ve missed while not gathering with my local church (Part 1)
If you’re like most people right now, you’re finding yourself at home a whole more these days! There are certainly lots of challenges involved with… Read More »Use this time to develop healthy family worship habits
Last week I briefly highlighted how a church can at least approximate worship “together” while we’re prevented from being together physically, and I definitely echo… Read More »Home Worship Resources During COVID-19
It may be tempting to think that we are living in unprecedented times until we remember that Christians have faced persecution and plagues throughout history.… Read More »How a church can worship “together” during COVID-19
I am very pleased to announce the publication of a new book that I have been working on for the past three years—Tune My Heart:… Read More »New Book! Tune My Heart: Bible Narratives Devotional Guide for Families or Individuals
The Advent and Christmas seasons are just around the corner, a wonderful time of year to sing rich Christological hymns with your church and family.… Read More »Two resources for your church or family during the Advent/Christmas season
Stories shape us. When we read a story, we enter a world that the author has created and thus become shaped by that world. Experiencing… Read More »Start the New Year with Our Bible Narratives Reading Plan
It’s no secret that people sing much less than they used to. Generally, as a culture, we listen to a lot of music, but make very little.… Read More »A plea for singing hymns in family worship
Last year I created a 5 Day Bible Narratives Reading Plan that each member of our family used (except the one year old!) through 2017.… Read More »5 Day Bible Stories Reading Plan and Catechism
A few years ago we published a new daily devotional for the Christmas season by Pastor Taigen Joos that has been very well-received. This devotional is perfect for… Read More »Order your Christmas Family Devotional Now!
My wife and I started family worship when our first child was very young, and I’m so glad we did. We started by calling it… Read More »Basic order for Family Worship
The new year brings renewed commitments, and hopefully one of your renewed commitments is dedicated time for family worship. I cannot stress the importance of… Read More »Recommended Bibles for Children and Families
This past week I spoke at the Wilds Christian Camp and Conference Center Music Conference. I was the keynote speaker for the pre-conference on Monday,… Read More »Notes from sessions at the Wilds Music Conference
I appreciate Joel Beeke, the pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids and the President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics… Read More »Handled with reverence and care
Children learn to worship God primarily through participating in rightly ordered worship. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he… Read More »Train Your Child's Heart Before His Head
The only way children learn to worship God rightly is by observing right worship. Could it be that worship is such a mess today because… Read More »How Can We Teach Our Children To Worship?