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4 Things Your Wife Wants More than Flowers & Chocolate
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s a natural time for gifts of flowers and chocolate for the woman you love. And while she may enjoy these, it’s important to remember that such gifts go a whole lot farther when they're backed up with gifts that truly...

6 Surprising Things Your Kids Are Thinking But Not Saying
Have you ever wondered, 'What is my kid thinking?" No matter how good a family life you may think you have, there are almost always some things that your kids are thinking that they may never verbalize. Here are 6 of those things that are true, but that you might be...

3 Reminders for Parents from Kobe’s Death
The world was shocked by the news over the weekend of Kobe Bryant and his daughters' passing in their private helicopter, along with multiple other passengers. Kobe leaves behind a wife and children who need our prayers. There are some simple reminders for us as...

When Wombs Become Tombs
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 greatest...

In the Eyes of a Child, Love is Spelled TIME
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 assessment of me as a father,...

Year of the FAM: A fresh idea for your 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 not...

Think Outside the Box This Christmas – Free Resource
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...

3 Ways to Prevent an Attitude of Entitlement in Your Kids
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 attitude that has led many...

Learning to Be Mindful of Other’s Tears
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...

Family Words Matter
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...