Parenting Archives

Praying for our children as they go to school is a wonderful way to seek God's guidance, protection, and blessing over their academic, social, and...

This goodbye was easier because I could prepare for it a little better. I planned in my head as to what I would do to help transition from having...

If you are anxious about someone you love, I understand. I know the dark cloud that can settle down in our hearts like a sinister, unyielding fog....

Because I’m coming closer to the end of my life, I see things through a different lens. I didn’t have that perspective as a kid or young adult. I...

As the school year approaches, we can become easily swept up with to-do lists that we forget the...

There are any number of culture war battlegrounds that evangelicals find themselves located in. But perhaps one of the most animated public debates...

In preparing my head and my heart for some real conversations I know are coming, here is a modern-day version of the Sermon on the Mount, adapted...

Thankfully our children are so eager to forgive! Just when I think I’ve failed them one time too many, I realize that their love for me is not...

I delight in buying composition books, index cards, highlighters, and the like. Whether you enjoy school supplies as I do, or not,...

We desire good for our children in every sense, but sometimes they choose destructive paths. When that happens, even if change seems a long way...

The new live-action family movie Harold and the Purple Crayon (PG) stars Zachary Levi (Shazam!, American Underdog) as Harold, Lil Rel Howard...

Truly, it is a painful reality that our efforts cannot guarantee our children's right choices or their salvation. But parenting in a way that...

Claiming a generational curse in your life causes you to forget that Christ has set you free.

You know you need to stop giving your children money and volunteering free babysitting, but how can you stand to watch them—or your...

Although your prayers certainly don’t need to be elaborate for God to hear them, a more focused, intentional approach to praying for your baby can...