Parenting Update Archives

I prayed for wisdom…and the response was the realization that unconditional love and support from your family is the foundation.

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

As ambassadors for Christ and as godly role models for our kids, we must hold ourselves to high standards.

Most people don’t realize that over 290,000 U.S. children are at risk of being sexually exploited. Is your daughter?

Ed Stetzer and his team spoke with pastors' kids to see what makes them run from the pews when they get older. Here's what they found...

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

There’s no training for the most difficult job any of us will ever have: being a mom or a dad. You have to pick it up as you go.

As a father, you play a vital role in helping your daughter develop the confidence God wants her to have to do well in life.

Although my sisters and I were raised with to believe in God, my parents had no spiritual well to draw from as they parented.

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

If a father is first in his family to become a follower of Jesus, 93% of the time his family will follow suit. Wow. What influence!

Boredom is a relatively new concept. In the eighteenth century, no one was bored. There was no time or energy to be bored.

Does your family suffer from the Dec. 26th blues? The original Christmas season unfolded in a long, slow manner, starting with the hush of Advent...

If we delight in giving others gifts, imagine the joy God experiences when people open the gift of eternal life.

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