Single Parents Archives

In ten years, my kids will be 27 and 25. I will be 53. I may be a grandmother. I have to go throw up now.

Single parent ministry is a whole new level of reaching people. It can be discouraging, messy, and rarely consistent.

Fear can grip our very soul, immobilize and paralyze us. Learn to battle fearlessly.

Whatever we face in this new year, God has gone before us and is already there, prepared to enable us.

Loneliness can be a difficult wilderness for single parents, and in the month of December it reaches new heights.

It was my first Christmas as a single mom. The reality of our divorce was setting in as I stared straight into the face of loneliness.

It doesn’t take much to bring the merry back into Christmas. Which one of these would work with your family?

Although we are able to enjoy memorable times with our kids, our ultimate job as fathers is to prepare them for adulthood.

“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” – Ephesians 6:4

In times of being unreasonably indicted, God invites us to give the altercation to Him and then examine the hidden person of our hearts.

This time of year, it’s nearly impossible not to see ghosts, witches, goblins, zombies, vampires in stores and neighborhoods.

Many fights are not worth fighting. The fight for your children, however? That one's worth it.

If we are to fulfill the Great Commission when it comes to single fathers, it will mean getting messy.

What if other people saw my kid making poor choices? How will this poor decision reflect on my parenting?

I found that single parents seemed to be the only demographic considered ‘unfit’ for missionary work. But that didn't stop me.