Do you expect the church to teach your kids about God? Yesterday a friend posted words on Facebook that I found true and honest and vulnerable: “Please don’t make the same mistake I did. Don’t expect your church to train your children. That expectation isn’t even Biblical. Don’t breathe a sigh of relief and thinkContinue reading “Parent-as-Teacher: The Highest Calling.”
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Every Day’s a Party!
Some Christians think solitude is more spiritual than fellowship—that being devout means being alone. Jesus made time every day for prayer to the Father (he was not really “alone” at all). And He tells us to “go to an inner room to pray in secret.” Similarly, we should read and study the word alone, soContinue reading “Every Day’s a Party!”
Family.
How often do we say, “the apple does not fall far from the tree”? Or we call a child “a chip off the old block”? Family friends are forever telling children “you’re just like your dad” or “you remind me of your mom.” It’s more than physical features. Children learn behavior from their parents. TheyContinue reading “Family.”
Being the Right Person.
Someone once said, “Marriage is not so much FINDING the right person as BEING the right person.” That’s a timely word in a culture that views both marriage and careers as some magical romantic fantasy where the person or occupation perfectly fits your every trait, satisfies your every desire, and renders you blissfully happy foreverContinue reading “Being the Right Person.”
Generations.
Americans are obsessed with independence. We want to do OUR OWN thing, no matter what. Period. Mic Drop. It is impossible. As John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself.” What we do affects those around us. Your family is a life boat. We are in the boat together: paddling, steering, fishing,Continue reading “Generations.”
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