by Andrew | Jan 23, 2020 | Kids & Family
My wife and I are the proud parents of 4 beautiful children. Four of the happiest days of our lives have been the days of their birth. Unexplainable joy and gladness. Yet how can one of the greatest joys of life – the giving of life itself, also be one of the...
by Andrew | Jan 5, 2020 | Kids & Family
In the eyes of a child, love is a four-letter word spelled TIME. Here’s how I know… I can remember the day my 12-year-old son brought home an assignment he completed in school about “Why I have the best Dad in the world.” As I read his...
by Andrew | Dec 29, 2019 | Kids & Family
This past school year, our family made some huge changes in our structure. We wanted to become more intentional than ever before in accomplishing our goals and instilling our values into our children, and we felt that in a lot of ways, our family’s schedule was...
by Andrew | Dec 22, 2019 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
It’s one of the days that your kids look forward to all year round – Christmas Day! And not just because of all the gifts, but because there’s just something magical in the air for a child at Christmas that’s just hard to explain. Can you remember that feeling like I...
by Andrew | Dec 9, 2019 | Kids & Family
The culture around us has gradually shifted America’s mindset to believe that we all have our rights, including the “right” to have what we want, the way we want it, and when we want it. We would call this an attitude of entitlement. It’s an...
by Andrew | Dec 1, 2019 | Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
2 Timothy 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears… Everyone has them… the tears of life, and for many different reasons. Some people’s tears are bigger and more obvious than others. Some fall harder and faster. While some are hidden and...
by Andrew | Nov 10, 2019 | Kids & Family
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. I’m no builder myself, but I do know that buildings don’t build themselves. Just like creation has a...
by Andrew | Nov 3, 2019 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
Imagine a childless world, if you will. Think a moment of what that would mean. If after this moment not ever again, A child darkened the door of life’s scene. No more bottles to warm, no more diapers to change, No more messy spills to be cleaned. No more laundry that...
by Andrew | Oct 13, 2019 | Kids & Family
Let me encourage you for a moment with this thought… to live now like it’s 10 years from now. But first, stop and think… where will your family be 10 years from now? I’m currently 39 years old. When I think of my life just 10 years ago, it’s hard to...
by Andrew | Sep 29, 2019 | Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
My wife is allergic to poison ivy like its nobody’s business. She’s almost like a poison ivy magnet to the point that she doesn’t even have to come into contact with it. If it’s in the air she breathes, she’s bound to get it. And it’s no fun when she does, cause if...
by Andrew | Sep 15, 2019 | Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
I’m learning that in nearly every area of life, consistency matters. In our home, we don’t have a dishwasher, so we recently came up with a schedule for the six of us in our family to each take a day Mon-Sat to be responsible for washing the dishes. What used to pile...
by Andrew | Sep 8, 2019 | Kids & Family
From the time they were just a baby, one of our four children had a will that was noticeably stronger than the others. I can remember the days of them growing up and getting in trouble time and time again because of their stubbornness and unwillingness to conform....
by Andrew | Aug 18, 2019 | Kids & Family
There are many characteristics that I would like to be used to describe my children – responsible, kind, generous, forgiving, etc. However, according to scripture, there is surprisingly only one characteristic that God prioritizes as a requirement for children...
by Andrew | Aug 4, 2019 | Kids & Family
I can remember the days when our children were young, and my wife would come home from grocery shopping rattling off the list of infractions our children were guilty of while in the store. The list often included misdemeanors (or misbehaviors) like arguing with each...
by Andrew | Jul 28, 2019 | Kids & Family
Every family has their “secret sauce”. You know, the stuff that makes family life fun and enjoyable. And it’s different for every family. In our family, some of the things that we’ve found that our kids enjoy the most are sharing good food, spending quality time...
