Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s a tough question: “When do I know if my child is ready to navigate the fun but also the dangers that accompany social media?” As our kids engage further … Read More
Into the New Year: 5 Questions About You and Your Kids
Reading Time: 2 minutes It almost seems engrained in us that as the New Year is approaching to ask ourselves what we are hoping the New Year will bring. But if we were asking … Read More
Signs That Your Child is Becoming An Idol
Reading Time: 4 minutes We love our kids – there’s nothing wrong with that. But if we’re not careful we can begin to love our kids more than we love God. That’s idolatry. Most … Read More
An Overnight Way To Making God More a Part of Your Family
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Christians, making God more of a priority personally and in our families is sometimes easier said than done. But I think it’s possible, and I think it can make a … Read More
Why YOU Need To Seriously Think About ‘Vision’
Reading Time: < 1 minute “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller When Nehemiah faced a momentous problem (the walls of Jerusalem needing to be rebuilt) … Read More
From a Teen Girl’s Mom: Why Modesty Matters
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m thankful that a friend of my wife and I has graciously loaned her writing services to address an important issue for all parents to think about. Please carefully consider … Read More
The Right Words After a Scary Diagnosis
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m excited that Karina Hale accepted my invitation to share with you some important things to consider when you’re interacting with a parent, relative, or friend of someone who has … Read More
Ten Ways to Turn Christmas from ‘Me’ to ‘We’
Reading Time: 2 minutes I don’t hate Christmas. I just hate what it has become. In our western culture, Christmas has become more and more secularized and commercialized. I don’t think there’s much we … Read More
The Importance of Parental Alignment
Reading Time: 5 minutes As parents, we’ve all been there: we’re faced with an ‘issue’ relating to one of our kids (or more), and because you and your spouse are two very different people, … Read More
THE 24-HOUR STUDENT/PARENT MAKEOVER
Reading Time: 5 minutes Possible to turn around a student/parent relationship in 24 hours? The rebuilding stage would definitely take longer than 24 hours (that could take months or years) – but the first … Read More