“A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 As moms, we have the privilege of pouring scripture and application into our children. I like to take advantage of times we have together, like at meals, while traveling, or bedtime …
Motherhood
Nurturing the Leader within Your Child
For years the parenting question I have often pondered is what was the parenting style of the Hebrew children’s parents? As you will recall from the Book of Daniel: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego) were taken away at a young age …
Raising Next Generation Leaders
You look down into the sparkling eyes of a rambunctious preschooler and think, “You’re going to be a great man or woman one day.” But how do we as parents, grandparents, aunts, or caring friends foster in this young one what it takes to become …
Family Game Nights
My family enjoys our regular family game nights. We try to set aside one night a week to sit around the table together, laughing and making memories. Sometimes we let our kids choose the games, and other nights it is parents’ choice. We all look …
Just Words
They’re only words. This statement from my seventeen-year-old son, and the agreement of my fourteen-year-old daughter are what lit a fire under me with regard to the use of certain four letter words. I wondered how we got to this place of complacency and acceptance, …
Love Lessons from the Family Pet
“Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other, let us show the truth by our actions.” I John 3: 18 NLT Even after graduating from college, I still had much to learn. Thankfully, I also had a willing teacher: our family cat, …
The Gift of Getting Along: A Godly Trait
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1 Raising godly children can be a daunting task. Do I start by fixing, teaching, guiding, reprimanding or just loving? And in the midst of training, can we have …
Teaching Teens to Handle Money
Do you find yourself saying these words: Do you think money grows on trees? or What do you think I’m made of, money? When my kids hit middle-school age I felt like I was constantly shelling out money for the movies, Chick-fil-A, youth group activities, …
Covenant Eyes
I have made a covenant with my eyes. Job 31:1 The internet is a wonderful tool for ministry, education, networking and entertainment. But it also poses significant dangers. Thanks to the home computer and the internet, the pornography industry is growing by leaps and bounds. …
What Do You Believe
For the past few years we have been using a catechism to teach our children the core tenets of the Christian faith. Catechisms are simple dialogues which summarize what we believe in a question and answer format. There are several versions of the catechism available …