Impatient Mother Pulls Gun On Son’s Barber (sermon illustration)

Impatient Mother Pulls Gun On Son’s Barber (sermon illustration)

Patience is a virtue… that few people seem to have these days. In our fast-paced lives, we all struggle with patience at times. But if there were a competition for the least patient person of the year, one woman has made a strong case to win. According to reports by Fox News, on April 14,…

Children Suffer From Secondhand Stress (Sermon Illustration)

Children Suffer From Secondhand Stress (Sermon Illustration)

Does our busyness negatively impact our children? In the “Ask the Children” survey, researcher Ellen Galinsky interviewed more than a thousand children in grades three through twelve and asked parents to guess how kids would respond. One key question asked the kids what one thing they would change about the way their parents’ work was…

The Secret to Getting Ahead on Sermon Preparation

Pastors, do any of the following describe you? You are constantly worried about what you are going to preach next. You often find yourself pulling out a Saturday night special (finishing your sermon just before you preach it). Nobody in your church knows what you are preaching about next (staff included). You often feel overwhelmed,…