Tag: Parenting
Faith, Family, and the Fertility Doctor
by Julia Sadler
I’ll always remember my first trip to the fertility doctor. My husband, Ryan, and I sat awkwardly in a waiting ...
Advice for Solo Parents
By Dr. Kevin Leman
Throw away guilt, give yourself a break, and discover what your children really want from you.
Today, many parents are going...
Major Mistakes the Church is Making with Single Parents
by Robert Beeson
I hated Sundays. That was the day I was reminded I didn’t fit in anymore... anywhere. Once a vibrant part of...
YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT MINIATURE VERSIONS OF YOU
By Hettie Brittz
We’ve all seen parents trying to live vicariously through the lives of their children. A mom ...
The Days Are Long But The Season Is Short
by Benjamin Watson
Train up a child in the way he should go: even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 ESV
I love...
3 QUESTIONS
by Meg Meeker, MD
Great Parenting is simple, but it’s hard. Most parents make parenting far too difficult because they focus on the small stuff: what grades their kids are getting, what sports they excel at and...
How One Baby Changed My Life
by Linda Znachko
Sitting at my desk, I struggled to make sense of the words scrolling across disturbing images on the local evening news.
Baby found in dumpster.
Earlier in the...
Total Family MAKEOVER
By Melissa Spoelstra
Throughout the pages of Scripture, we see an emphasis on the need for rest. In the very beginning, God spoke the world into creation but then intentionally stopped working. He separated light from darkness; put...
Why Your Mother-Daugher Relationships Matter
by Trish Donohue
Moms, remember your plans for your daughter when you brought that little pink bundle home from the hospital? Here was the girl God had given you to invest in, mentor, love, and train up in the...
How My Nonverbal Son Brought Me to My Spiritual Senses
By Tahni Cullen
As excited first-time parents, my husband, Joe, and I were determined to try to do all the right things to set up our little family to succeed. We bought our first house. I read...
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God’s Love for the Unlovable The Power of Shame
As bad and as powerful as guilt feels, shame is much worse. Unlike guilt, shame is less offense and more self-focused. Shame wonders if I...
God’s Love for the Unlovable The Island of Misfit Toys
Do you remember the Rudolf Christmas TV special that included the island of misfit toys? I do. I related to them, a...
God’s Love for the Unlovable Are We Doing Something Wrong? Pt 4
In the three previous “Are We Doing Something Wrong” articles, I suggested that the biggest problem that the church has today (and I know there are...