A Tribute to GRAND Mothers

A Tribute to GRAND Mothers

Her children rise and call her blessed… (Prov. 31:28) There are grandmothers, and there are Grand mothers. It doesn’t require a PhD to realize that were it not for the millions of faithful grandmothers in our lives who have graciously modeled Christlikeness to their...
Raising Future Men

Raising Future Men

I sat in the back of the youth group stunned at the words I just heard from the youth pastor. I looked at the other father who was with me and quietly asked him, “Did I just hear that correctly?” Unfortunately, I had. The newly hired youth pastor was passionately...
3 Ways to Help Your Kids Avoid Religious Noise

3 Ways to Help Your Kids Avoid Religious Noise

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8 Religious noise is a real problem, and kids raised in church all their lives can easily fall prey to...
When Parents Pray

When Parents Pray

7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will giv...
5 Types of Fathers in the Bible

5 Types of Fathers in the Bible

There are Fathers In The Bible, But How Are They As Dads? Even though my children are now grown, I believe that being a dad has been one of the greatest and most fulfilling experiences of my life.  But I must also admit, next to being a husband, it’s been one of the...
Letting Go: We Raise Them to Release Them

Letting Go: We Raise Them to Release Them

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. There are some things in life that you’re never ready for… no matter how much time you’ve had to prepare for them. The loss of a family pet The death of a loved one...