God’s not calling us to copy — He’s calling us to create.

When it comes to teaching and reaching kids, the best path forward might not be found in what you did last year — but in what’s never been done before.

I love the saying — and I repeat it often:

“There are three types of people in the world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, ‘What just happened?’”

Obviously, I’d like to consider myself in that first category. 

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, he was told, “No one’s asking for that.” He replied, “They will after I make it.” And now? We all carry tablets. When he merged music players with phones, he didn’t just improve the phone — he changed the way the entire world consumes music. That’s what it means to break the mold — to challenge assumptions, rethink the “normal,” and reimagine what’s possible.

And this kind of bold innovation is just as powerful in children’s ministry.