CEO @Awana & Child Discipleship Forum / Author Forming Faith: Discipling the NextGen in a Post-Christian Culture & @BarnaGroup Childrens Ministry in New Reality
In the past "cool kids ministry" looked down on @Awana Clubs as "old fashion." Fast forward to today & parents r getting kids out of screens & into tactile experiences where kids memorize the Bible & play games. Suddenly Awana U.S. is cool again & we grew by 81,000 kids in 2025.
If a Pastor were to say to his congregation, “Imitate me as I imitate Christ.” — using the words of Paul — what do you think of that?
Paul was an Apostle chosen by Christ. God inspired him to say that. But it seems shaky for a pastor to say these words to encourage faith. Thoughts?
“I want to follow Jesus. But I don't get to do that because I'm transgender."
That's what Haley believed until a co-worker's Christ-like example challenged everything she thought she knew about Christianity.
After a simple prayer inviting Jesus into her life, she encountered the love of Christ for herself.
"Just a touch of His love made me mourn all the years I had spent apart from that. And I knew in that moment that I could never spend one day of my life apart from that ever again."
Jesus saved her, and she eventually realized she was the woman God had made her to be.
🚨 BREAKING:
THIS GUY MIGRATED TO THE U.S. FROM MEXICO AND WORKED AS A WELDER AT SPACEX
HE RECEIVED $10,000 IN STOCK AND WAS PAID $28/HOUR FOR 10 YEARS
AFTER IPO HIS $SPCX STAKE IS WORTH AROUND $1,000,000
HE IS ONE OF 4,400 EMPLOYEES WHO BECAME MILLIONAIRES TODAY!!
I heard all this chatter about how good the NY Knicks are. So I’ve watched a bit of the @NBA Finals. I haven’t watched NBA since Jordan. Total honesty? I’m underwhelmed. Sloppy. So much traveling. I don’t get it.
As someone who’s been singing the National Anthem at rodeo events for over 20 years, I’ll just say….
There’s a way it was intended to be sung, without your own spin. This was 💯the way! Bravo!
We are painting our stairwell…which has a tight 90° turn. There was no place for a ladder to reach the high spots. And the cost of a painter was astronomical. So I built this.
Elon Musk creates over 4,000 millionaires (many of them average employees who have been with SpaceX for years) & a U.S. Govt. official’s first reflex is to “take” from the very person who “created” wealth for others…others who will take care of family & give generously. Marxism is a strange & toxic religion.
Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire.
The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk's level of wealth.
We need a wealth tax.
I know we are not supposed to get in arguments online...but a few years ago, I did...and in all places, it was LinkedIn.
A guy criticized @Awana for indoctrinating children...and not teaching them how to think critically. Here's how I responded.
In a 2022 research project commissioned by @Awana and executed by @5by5agency on How Kids Pastors Spend Their Time...look at the 2 charts below. Kids Pastors spend the majority of their time on administrative tasks...while relational discipleship falls to the bottom. Why?
Did you know @Awana has U.S. Child Discipleship Missionaries? These team members are faith supported missionaries (friends, family, churches) who cast the vision of Child Discipleship & train / equip churches & parents on how to implement in today's world. DM me for deets! youtube.com/watch?v=x7HzGWo8…
🚨 Alarming Fact! The church "operates" as if worldview is set by age 18 (Youth group)...but research according to @BarnaGroup says that worldview is fixed in 90% of humans by 13!
Question: Is your church adequately discipling children prior to age 13? @Awana is here to help! Check out childdiscipleship.com for FREE resources!
WATCH: “We made an enormous mistake allowing the ed tech industry to come in and give every kid a computer, a tablet, an iPad, a Chromebook… and the results are devastating and we need to stop.” @JonHaidt via @andersoncooper@AC360
I’ve been blessed to grow as a biblical disciple in both Midwest & Southern USA culture. So many good, Gospel qualities: hard work & systems (Midwest) as well as highly relational / networking & entrepreneurial (Southern). My heart overflows with gratitude.
All the @Rangers are doing here is acknowledging reality by celebrating God’s good design while not participating in a counterfeit attempt at reality.
This is good, true & beautiful…especially for children. Stay faithful, resilient & humble.