We all want our kids to learn, grow, and succeed in life. But it’s so tempting to be there all the time for every need, that our kids never have the opportunity to fail. In the book , we write about choosing to allow failure and success. Let’s take a look at that concept and get some clarity. Choosing to allow failure is as simple as…
Here’s a fun family time idea: Let’s go on a treasure hunt! To start this lesson, send each of your kids on a “treasure hunt” to their room. Their job is to find one item in their room that is very special to them, and bring them to share with the family. It’s kind of like an “under the bed show-and-tell”. Have each of your kids…
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Parents, pastors, teachers and youth pastors did you know: 40% of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship said a boyfriend had threatened violence or self-harm if the couple…
A sad reality hit me the other night. As I was talking with my nephew about his deceased grandparents (and great-grandparents), it struck me that I’ve largely forgotten what their voices sounded like. I can hear them pronounce certain words and how they phrased things in my head, but that’s no way to convey that to my nephew. Before…
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What does it mean to have a strong-willed child?
One of the things we allow our girls to do as we read through the Bible, is to pull out the crayons and paper and draw something that they heard. This allows them to keep their hands busy, while soaking in the reading. One of my favorite drawings came from our Kindergartener. (And I really wish I had kept it). It was a guy, wearing a crown,…
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The genealogy in Matthew 1 isn’t something we have really read together as a family. It doesn’t really make for compelling reading. But we took a look at it with our family and talked through some of the names we knew. These names provided a legacy of Faith for Jesus. Many of the names in His ancestry had some amazing stories of God…
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As moms, we have a lot on our plate running a household! Just look at the start of the day. You make sure the kids get up in the morning and ready for school. You ask “Are you all ready to walk out the door?” and of course they say “Yes” which really means I still have to brush my teeth, do my hair, and study…
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Frank Page shares what he learned from his daughter's suicide and how the church can respond Scripturally to suicide.
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We have a garden in our back yard. Things grow very well in it. Unfortunately, not food. The strawberries we produced, were eaten by rabbits before we got to them. Most of our rhubarb went unharvested. The only things that thrived were dandelions, and some nettle. I’m sowing strawberries, but I’m reaping weeds. It isn’t a matter…
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