Archive for the 'Children’s Ministry' Category

A Letter to Senior Pastors

January 18th, 2011

To Senior Pastors, You may be wondering why should you allow your children’s pastor to go on this “un”-conference – when for the same funds you could send them to some other conference without the “un” in front of it? Why should you grant a staff member the time and the limited resources to go [...]

The Best Thing for Your Ministry

February 16th, 2009

Know what might be the best thing for your ministry right now? A new resource? A new program? A new book? A new curriculum? A new conference? A new idea? A new volunteer? A new senior pastor? :0) This may surprise you – but the best thing for your ministry right now may be to [...]

Karl and Yosemite Summit in CM Pros

September 25th, 2008

In the current edition of Group’s Children’s Ministry Professional edition, I was honored to be featured in an interview in the Career Coach section titled: Following God’s Call. They also included an invitation to Yosemite Summit – some of you may be on this site as a result of that interview. One secret of survival [...]

A Day in the Life of a Children’s Pastor

October 3rd, 2007

Some know me as the creator of Toyboxtales.com, where there are currently 99 online videos made with toys to teach kids important life lessons and God, the Bible or the Christian life. For the 100th TOYBOX TALE I decided to make one specifically for Children’s Pastors. It will soon be released on toyboxtales.com and an [...]