Only since 1970 and the publishing of Paul Erlich’s secular book, The Population Bomb (he studied insects for a living), has the notion that having more than two children was a mortal sin against the planet become part of the modern psyche. There is no population …
Encouragement for single, married, motherhood / family, empty nesters, single-again, and widows.
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Is it a Sin to Have a Large Family?
There is much controversy these days, even among Christians, over the number of children that a married couple should have. The argument, so it goes, is that a large number of children are bad for the environment, will use an inordinate amount of the world’s …
The Birds and the Bees
It’s Spring Break in Memphis. Today my wife Lynn took our daughter Holly (11) away on a mother-daughter retreat. They’ll stay a couple of days at a friend’s lakehouse. Holly is our middle child of five so her older sister and brother have gone on …
Book Review: Married Mom, Solo Parent
Several years ago, while munching on chips and salsa with fellow MMCW writer Carla Anne Coroy, we talked about the book she was writing for an often unrecognized group of mothers. Late last year Married Mom, Solo Parent: Finding God’s Strength to Face the Challenge …
Making Clean-Up Fun for Little Ones
No kid wants to stop their fun to clean up! So don’t let them stop. Make the clean up part of the fun! Here are some ideas. *Have them pick up all the red toys, then the green toys, then the square toys, then the …
Raising Teens: Resisting the Urge to Badger
Dad’s disgust showed on his face before his words even emerged. “I can’t believe you smell of cigarettes again.” “Really? You can still smell it?” Justin lifts his shirt to his nose to sniff it. “Yeah, me and probably half the folks in church tonight.” …
How to Be a Good Mother In Law
Do you want to be a wonderful mother-in-law? This summer two of our sons will get married and I have been asking God to show me how to become a great mother-in-law to my two new daughters. God brought me to Exodus 18 during my …
Online Security
Yesterday I shared the disturbing trend of teens fishing for compliments online in Do You Think I’m Pretty. This self-destructive activity is a cancer eating away at the self-esteem of both young women and men. The more revealing, the more shocking, the better. Even nice …
Do You Think I’m Pretty?
For weeks photos of tween-age girls have shown up in my Facebook feed. All asking the same question: Do you think I’m pretty? If yes, hit ‘Like’. Last week, because a tween friend had clicked ‘like’, yet another teen girl showed up in my feed. …
Mentoring Marriage
It’s not unusual for younger women to ask older women for some advice on marriage. Sometimes friends ask friends, nieces ask aunts, granddaughters ask grandmothers, daughters ask moms. It’s natural for women to want strong, healthy marriages and to talk to others about how to …