Announcement: I have resigned my children’s pastor position at the Village Church of Barrington, and am going full time with Kidology Inc. on September 1st.I have wanted to contact family and friends that do not live nearby, but as this all unfolded rather quickly in the past few weeks, I have been consumed (rightly) with the relationships and details here, but I wanted to at least get this posted on my blog so that people were aware of the change. I look forward to connecting with many of you in the weeks and months ahead, but am focusing right now on the tasks at hand with this transition.As many of you know, I have maintained two very full time ministries for the past eight years as the children’s pastor of the Village Church of Barrington, and as the founder and executive director of a rapidly growing non-profit organization, Kidology Inc. (www.kidology.org). People have often asked when, or if, I would go full time with Kidology. My intention has always been to try maintain both ministries indefinitely, as it is my passion and life calling to be a children’s pastor, and Kidology has been in many ways simply an outgrowth of that ministry. However, as Kidology has steadily grown from a side hobby to an organization that employs over a dozen people and reaches around the globe, and as the church ministry continued to blossom and grow and expand its ministries, and then with the recent happy addition of a baby into my home, and trying unsuccessfully to keep on top of everything in my life, I reached a crisis point in my personal life this summer and made the difficult decision to resign from my church ministry this month and go full time with Kidology this fall. It is my intention to return to the pastorate in time after I address some issues in my life and when I can do so with balance to my walk with God, my marriage, and now my little family.I would greatly appreciate your prayer and support during this difficult time of transition for both my family and ministry. I am so thankful for the many blessings that God gave me through the ministry of the Village Church for eight years and have been blown away by God’s blessings on Kidology all along – but regret that I did not better focus on my walk with God and marriage as I pressed on for noble purposes, but allowed some other areas of my life to suffer. I am committed all the more now to refocusing my life with healthier priorities, to repairing the things that got damaged along the way, and to discovering God’s presence and power in newer and deeper ways in the days ahead as I start down a path toward restoration in many areas of my life.My life mission has not changed: to reach and teach as many children as possible with the Good News of God’s Love and in the process to Enlist, Equip and Encourage others to do the same. I am remaining in the fellowship of the Village Church during this time of restoration and assure you that my church will continue to be a fun and life-changing place for kids, and Kidology will certainly also continue to creatively pursue its mission of equipping and encouraging those who minister to children.The cause is urgent, the field is ripe, so let’s keep busy – but let me encourage you to join me in making sure that the most important things are not neglected in the process. It is true that God will never ask you to do more than you can – but as I’m discovering in some painful ways, God is probably not asking you to do as much as you attempt either. Thank you for your support and friendship in this all-important task of reaching and teaching children for Jesus!