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6 Unpopular Truths Daughters Need to Learn from Their Fathers

How do we even begin to ensure our daughters are “well-fathered”? It begins with being present, physically and mentally.

6 Unpopular Truths Daughters Need to Learn from Their Fathers

Why Your Child Might Resent Church and What Parents Can Do about It

Pray your child will see God as He truly is. Pray for your child’s salvation. Pray for your child’s friends, youth leaders, Sunday school teachers,...

Why Your Child Might Resent Church and What Parents Can Do about It

7 Secrets to Serving the Single Mother

We can choose to love like Jesus and enter into the deep and hurting areas of the life of a single mother.

7 Secrets to Serving the Single Mother

7 Scriptures That Show How Important Grandparents Are

Today, let’s take a few moments to stop and reflect on the value of grandparents and how significant they are to God.

7 Scriptures That Show How Important Grandparents Are

What Is Contemplative Spirituality and How Can it Help Parenting?

Contemplative Spirituality is a tool that can help us remain mindful and connected to our creator God. We need rhythms, tools, and practices that...

What Is Contemplative Spirituality and How Can it Help Parenting?

5 Ways to Put a Stop to the Fall of Today's Youth Group

What our kids need most right now isn’t another Wednesday night filled with games and a quick lesson about why God says this or that is bad. Our...

5 Ways to Put a Stop to the Fall of Today's Youth Group

The Best Kids Bible Study Recommendations for Each Child Age Group

Parents across the world are struggling to find quality Bible studies for their children. In this article I am sharing with you what to look for in...

The Best Kids Bible Study Recommendations for Each Child Age Group

10 Things Grandchildren Need to Hear

While we want our grandkids to remember their times on Papa’s farm, we want to leave them with a godly legacy.

10 Things Grandchildren Need to Hear

10 Reasons Your Grandkids Need You Just as Much as Their Parents

Nineteen years ago, our daughter died. This left a five-year-old girl and a seven-month-old boy motherless. Papa and I became instant parents...

10 Reasons Your Grandkids Need You Just as Much as Their Parents

5 Ways You May Be Ruining Your Child's Life

There are five parenting traps that many well-intentioned modern parents fall into without even knowing it.

5 Ways You May Be Ruining Your Child's Life

A Meaningful Conversation with My Daughter

We do not have a worldly manual that comes with our children when they are born, but we, as believers in Christ, can have confidence in the Lord...

A Meaningful Conversation with My Daughter

4 Steps to Being a Hero of Resilience for Your Children

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 breaks down how we can become a hero of resilience for our children in this challenging time.

4 Steps to Being a Hero of Resilience for Your Children

3 Ways Elder and Younger People Should Honor One Another

Elders need those who are younger to lovingly listen, respect, and connect with them. Younger folks need those of us who are older to let go, keep...

3 Ways Elder and Younger People Should Honor One Another

10 Ways to Show Gratitude to Grandparents When "Thank You" Is Inadequate

How can parents express their profound appreciation for all the help and assistance grandparents give? Saying the words thank you just seems so...

10 Ways to Show Gratitude to Grandparents When "Thank You" Is Inadequate

5 Ways You Are Teaching Your Kids to Be Entitled

Could you be accidentally raising an entitled child? Here are five common parenting mistakes that can lead to entitlement:

5 Ways You Are Teaching Your Kids to Be Entitled