It Takes Someone Special to Be a Grandparent

It Takes Someone Special to Be a Grandparent

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 “Grand: Striking in size, scope, extent, or conception, very good, wonderful.” Merriam-Webster As much as I would love for my adult...
What Does Intentionality Look Like?

What Does Intentionality Look Like?

Grandpause: The light of a holy example is the gospel’s main argument. –R. L. Dabney What does intentionality as a grandparent look like? It might surprise you to know that being intentional does not mean talking to your grandkids about faith and the Bible in every...
We do not Laugh in This Family

We do not Laugh in This Family

My wife and I used to say this to our children, sarcastically, of course. We did laugh with them. There was always jokes and word play as they were growing up. We played with words because they were free, and it made them think abstractly. A speaker I heard at a...
Do You Have a Welcoming Heart?

Do You Have a Welcoming Heart?

“Whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.”  Matt. 18:5 You’ve heard me say it over and over. Godly parenting and grandparenting demands intentionality. Will I pursue God’s agenda or my own? That was part of the challenge God laid before His...