Lenten Art (Jesus on Cross)

Everyone & Everything This board is an art project I did with the youth group @ Lutheran Church in the Foothills in 2011.  It took 3 months of planning/preparation and 4 youth group meetings to put it together. The title comes from a response to a question I asked while we we’re working on it, “For whom did Jesus die?”  A youth responded with, “Everyone.” Another followed with, “Everything.” We used this as our central Read More …

Children In Church (Building An Accepting Culture)

My brother Joshua Serrano wrote on the spiritual discipline of letting your children be noisy in church.  He was inspired by Wes who did a marvelous job explaining why children should be in the pews.  Both of these posts have led me to think, “How do we build a culture within our congregation that allows children to be children in the pews?” First of all, I get it.  Having children in worship is a challenging thing Read More …