by Andrew | May 22, 2022 | Kids & Family
Last month, our daughter turned 18, and this month, she’s graduating and preparing to head off for college. Whoever said that “the days go by slow, but the years go by fast” must have been a parent with experience, because it’s so true. As I think back on 18...
by Andrew | May 15, 2022 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 “Dad, look at me! Look at what I can do!” “Just a minute, son, hold on a second.” 10 seconds later… “Dad, look at me. Look what I can...
by Andrew | May 8, 2022 | Kids & Family
Last week was interesting, to say the least, to see how people on both sides of the issue responded to the possibility of the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade. While there are so many things that could be said, I want to simply encourage you to have an honest...
by Andrew | May 2, 2022 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family
Unleashing your child’s creativity is possible, because not only is creativity all around them, it is within them. Put there by God Himself! Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him. Look at the world around you. I...
by Andrew | Apr 27, 2022 | Kids & Family
by Andrew | Apr 24, 2022 | Kids & Family
Have you ever felt like you were ‘in over your head’?… Like you’d ‘bit off more than you could chew’?… Or that you were ‘burning the candle at both ends’ just to keep up?… Sometimes life, and especially...
by Andrew | Apr 10, 2022 | Kids & Family, Marriage
It has been rightly said that “one of the greatest gifts a father can give to his children is to love their mother.” I couldn’t agree more. The success of your children’s future marriages will in large part depend upon the example of yours. So here are 5...
by Andrew | Apr 3, 2022 | Kids & Family
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s not hard to see that we live in a sexualized world in just about every way. Themes and images of sexual and sensual things are lurking around every corner that we turn. And if we can’t help but notice it,...
by Andrew | Mar 26, 2022 | Kids & Family
Our kids question us often, and we don’t just allow it, we encourage it. For many Christian parents, because they don’t allow their children to question them in matters of obedience, they often assume the same mentality should apply to their faith. But...
by Andrew | Mar 6, 2022 | Kids & Family
Every dad who has a daughter knows that no matter how old she may get, she will always be “daddy’s little girl”. There’s just something special about the bond between a father and a daughter that’s both unique and precious. My 17 year-old daughter...
by Andrew | Feb 27, 2022 | Kids & Family
When the world seems to be falling apart, our kids need us to have family conversations, not avoid them. After finding out about Russia invading Ukraine this past week, one of our children said “I’m scared” as I was tucking them into bed. They had heard about the...
by Andrew | Feb 21, 2022 | Kids & Family
Snow activities can be some of the best memory-making moments with your kids if you’ll just take advantage of the magic white stuff when you can. And I’ll be the first to admit, I really don’t like getting out in the snow, but I sure do love having...
by Andrew | Feb 14, 2022 | Kids & Family
Well, it’s that day of the year again that we get to express our love to the people closest to us through not so surprising things like chocolate, flowers, and stuffed animal gifts. It’s also that day that many men are scrambling with a prayer on their...
by Andrew | Feb 6, 2022 | Kids & Family, Marriage
If your child was asked this question, how do you think they’d respond? “Do you think that your mom and dad will stay together forever, no matter what?” In today’s culture, many kids are being raised without the confidence of knowing that mom and dad are in it...
by Andrew | Jan 31, 2022 | Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
Sometimes I feel like the world’s best procrastinator (see how I put a positive spin on that?). When I was about 12 years old, my parents made me take piano lessons (seriously, I didn’t have a choice.) A thirty minute piano lesson every Monday, and thirty...
