Sam Luce

Sam Luce has been the children’s pastor at Redeemer Church in Utica, New York for the past 14 years. Currently he serves as the Utica campus pastor and the Global family pastor. A prolific blogger and popular children's conference speaker, Sam has worked in children's ministry for over 23 years and is also a contributing editor to K! magazine.

Do You Use the “Billy Graham Rule?”

If you are not familiar with the Billy Graham Rule it came from Reverend Graham’s observation that so many evangelists who had fallen into immorality while separated from their families by travel.

Pastor: You Were Not Made for Fame

We have too often bought into the marketing lie that more is better and fame is the goal. But a pastor chasing fame comes at the expense of his soul. You can not desire fame as your pursuit without fame taking its toll.

Explaining the Trinity to Children: 3 Important Teaching Tips

Explaining the Trinity to children can be challenging. We can’t fully understand God's three-in-one nature. Yet we can teach kids about the Trinity.

How ChatGPT Can Make You a Better Pastor

I have been using ChatGPT, and it is amazing. So far, I have used it in writing video scripts, sermon illustration generation, email template generation, blog idea generation, and sermon text identification.

Children’s Pastor: 9 Helpful Career Traits You’ll Need

To become a children's pastor, it helps if you have these nine qualities. Discover what traits will help you succeed in this rewarding career and calling.

5 Signs You Might Be an Insecure Leader

Insecurity runs through leadership in epic proportions. Here's how to know if it's affecting you.

Leaving Your Kids a Legacy of Faith

Recently, a couple things happened that created for my family an opportunity to deepen our faith and leave a legacy that reaches past us to our grandkids and even great grandkids.

Why the Church Needs a Greater Sense of Wonder

After twenty-four years of pastoral ministry, I have found the one thing the church in our day loves most is change and innovation, but the one thing we need most is a sense of wonder.

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