Shift From Correction to Training

Shift From Correction to Training

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. -Proverbs 22:6 I can remember a season when we had reached a point of parenting frustration… “This kid just won’t listen!” Ever feel completely stuck in your parenting? You’re...
Don’t Protect Your Kids From Hard Things

Don’t Protect Your Kids From Hard Things

Since my boys were young, they’ve all helped me mow lawns over the years. They’ve learned how to cut the grass, weed eat, clean out the mowers, and change the oil, etc. But when I asked my 15-year-old son to weed-eat recently, he said, “Sure, but I’ve never done that...
3 Ways to Help Your Kids Avoid Religious Noise

3 Ways to Help Your Kids Avoid Religious Noise

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8 Religious noise is a real problem, and kids raised in church all their lives can easily fall prey to...
A Top Defining Characteristic of Godly Parents

A Top Defining Characteristic of Godly Parents

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”  Proverbs 31:27 I’ve watched a lot of parents over the years, and one of the defining characteristics of godly parents, as opposed to just “good” or even “Christian”...