Is it possible to make chores fun?
When my kids were pretty young, I had this thing about cleaning floors. I hated doing it. For whatever reason, this job seemed to always fall on me. So, one day, I decided to encourage my kids to clean it. [...]
Mom, you need some first aid?
There you are with a difficult three-year-old and a needy one-year-old trapped within the four walls of your home while your husband gets to go out into the exciting world of adults. Not fair? Let me give you a couple [...]
What does it mean to be faithful?
Our responsibility as parents is to be faithful. What does that mean? Hebrews 3:1-2 says to “fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses [...]
My kids need Christ.
One of the things that grieves me most is knowing one of my kids isn’t following Christ. Christ was an everyday topic in our home. I wish I could tell you family devotions were a regular part of our lives, [...]
Are you discouraged?
I remember hearing a story of an Israeli soldier who was stationed on a key defensive line in the Golan Heights. Asked by a reporter whether he ever got discouraged knowing the danger he faced, he responded, “No, we can’t afford [...]
Why isn’t MY kid playing?
Is your son or daughter an athlete? When they’re young, everybody plays. But, when they get into the high school levels, a lot of kids just sit on the bench waiting for their chance to show the coach what they [...]
What are you listening to?
It’s a fight that’s plagued generations for years. When I worked at a local Christian radio station, I’d often get calls about a song. Inevitably, somebody would say how blessed they were by a new song, while someone else would [...]
Change can be painful.
Have you ever experienced this? You call your family together and announce that you going on a family vacation, or buying a new house, or you’re having another baby. After the initial excitement, your kids get ornery and out of [...]
I want to positively influence my grandkids.
We all want that, don’t we? We want what’s best for them. We want them to be healthy, happy, and, as Christians, we want them to follow Christ. But when our kids aren’t, it makes following Christ even more difficult. [...]
Are your kids givers, or takers?
Acts 20:35 tells us that it’s better to give rather than receive. Today, that’s countercultural. According to a study by Professor Jean Twenge, today’s young people are more narcissistic than ever. They not only value themselves more than others—they just [...]