I don’t want my mom to die! I need her.
This has to be one of the most difficult things to see our kids wrestle with. It’s unfortunate, but when Mom and Dad face cancer, kids immediately fear the worst. We all do. How do we help them cope with [...]
I want my kids to know how to share their faith.
Neil Postman wrote, “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”1 He’s right. As we invest in our kids, they’re actually taking a part of us with them into the future—a living time capsule, [...]
Kids are suffering. How do you help your kids pray?
A lot of us want to protect our kids from the tragedies of life. It’s hard watching our kids process bad news for the first time. “Can flooding happen here? Are we going to have a hurricane?” You’re going have [...]
Kids need to be defenders.
Today’s culture isn’t a positive place to be if you’re a Christian. Our culture is so messed up we don’t even know the difference between male and female anymore with the transgender issue. The world tells us there are no [...]
Do your kids doubt?
We continue looking at why young people fifteen and older leave the church, according to Barna research.1 The latest reason is young people don’t feel safe questioning their faith. Young people have said that the church "feels unfriendly to doubters." [...]
Church is boring!
Yesterday, we started talking about why kids are leaving the church. Today, we take a look at the second reason. Barna research says young people think that “church is boring.”1 Some suggest “faith is not relevant to [their] career or interests,” [...]
Is your glass half empty?
While I’m a pretty positive guy, I do tend to be a “glass-half-empty” person. The reason? I like to prepare myself for bad news. “Good” is great, but I hate bad news. Bad news makes me so uncomfortable—I can’t even [...]
Are you over-parenting?
I was reading an article a while ago about over-parenting. What is it? It’s a parent who’s “excessively involved in the day-to-day life of one’s child..., typically in the desire to shield them from difficult situations or help them succeed.”1 [...]
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, [...]