Our journey as parents is probably a lot like yours…a lot of on the job training. Here are a few things we have learned.
Erin O’Donnell has written an article warning of a great danger to America’s children, but it isn’t anything that you would have ever expected. (Unless you read the title of this post.) She’s telling us that a great danger to the children of our nation is….um…hey, you clearly aren’t ready for this.
Through out my life I have often written a poem for my mother on Mother’s Day. This year was my first Mother’s Day without my mother here on earth. She went to be with Jesus in December last year. It was an emotional day certainly, but not all sad. Much of my memories were very…
Do you ever feel exhausted spiritually? Like you’re just worn out from the spiritual battles you fight every day? This episode is for you! Dr. Jay Knolls shares insights on how to handle spiritual exhaustion along with other insights on other subjects like parenting in the modern age, limiting our exposure to digital media, and…
How can we keep it from becoming just “Turkey Day”? The most obvious answer is “Don’t call it Turkey Day!” But if we take gratefulness for granted, it will fade away. Like the whipped cream on our pumpkin pie when we walk away and get stuck talking to crazy Uncle Charlie…when we come back, it’s…
When a child is unreasonable or inexplicably angry (if you are the parent of toddlers then you know EXACTLY what I mean) it is often related to either something they have eaten, something they need to eat, or sleep deprivation. Sometimes these outbursts are clearly the result of being hungry or tired, but often they are not.
Do I require expensive compensation packages? Benefits? Kick-backs? I do not. The cost benefit analysis here is definitely in the buyers favor. No inconvenience is too great, no errand too mundane, that I can resist the simple and sweet manners of a child whom I know will be truly grateful.
My friends, here is a topic I have grown more confident about as the years have passed. Should children worship with their parents during the Sunday morning service, or should they be sent away to a special “Children’s Church” in another room? (Or sometimes a completely different building.) I appreciate very much what John Piper…
