Godly Parent
Helping you become the parent your kids deserve
Is Your Home a Taste of Heaven on Earth?
Heaven… can you imagine it for just a moment. A place of perfect peace, grace, openness, acceptance and love. I’ve heard it said before that “home" should be a place that is the closest thing to heaven on earth. Why? Because home is to be the place where hurts get...
Mommy, There’s a Murderer in My Bedroom
Let me play the devil’s advocate for a moment… If I’m the enemy (Satan), here are some things that I know most parents will never do: Intentionally expose their children to bad friends and influences Intentionally expose their children to people whose worldview and...
Kids Are Like Trees
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven… a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. I love the old Chinese proverb that says - “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The next best...
How to Successfully Serve Under a High-Capacity Leader
For the past 17 years, I’ve been blessed to serve under multiple high-capacity leaders - leaders who are driven, who aren’t afraid to break the status quo, and who are passionate about making a maximum impact for the cause of Christ. I absolutely love serving and...
Barbara Bush’s Top Ten Quotes on the Family
As a child, I can remember seeing the First Lady, Barbara Bush, in her white pearls, and thinking to myself, "That’s just how all First Ladies look. It must be a 'First Lady' thing" 😉 In addition to her being a great First Lady, Barbara was a great wife and mother as...
If I Only Had 3 Years to Parent, Here are the 3 I’d Choose
Parenting is an 18-year journey with a lifetime of returns. And while every year of those 18 is crucially important, if I was only to be given 3 years to parent my kids, here’s the 3 that I would choose... THE AGES BETWEEN 2-5 YEARS OLD Raising kids is similar to...
5 Things Every Daughter Needs to Hear from Her Dad
The following article was written for AllProDad, a great organization that helps you love and lead your family well. Girls…They’re wired a little differently than boys. Okay, they’re wired way differently than boys. If you have both in your family like ours does, you...
5 Money Principles You Need to Instill In Your Kids
We have a 15 year old son who is very frugal and wise with his money. He looks for ways to save money, and it frustrates him to no end when he sees his friends blowing theirs or their parents’ money without a care in the world. We also have an 8 year old son who...
Parents, Please Restrain Your Children – An open letter to parents afraid to be “the bad guy”
Can you relate to either of these scenarios I recently encountered?... I observed a scenario where a small child in a public place challenged their parent’s authority by clearly going against what their parent had just told them not to do. The scenario sadly repeated...
4 Things I’m Currently Learning as a Parent
Nearly 5 years ago, God led me to start this thing called “Andrew’s Blog”, now more commonly known as GodlyParent.com. (If for some reason you haven’t signed up yet, now would be a perfect time. 😉 😉 ) I began with the intent of helping parents and leaders...
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