Godly Parent
Helping you become the parent your kids deserve
3 Reasons It’s Time to Have a Family Meeting
If you want to have a long lasting and smooth running vehicle, every few months you need to take the time to get your oil changed. In addition, every now and then, you may even need to get get an alignment or other routine maintenance done. Why do we do those things?...
Why I Recently Had to Apologize to My 14-Year-Old Son
Have you ever had one of those moments in your marriage where a fuse burns out, and you’re left with an unexpected situation on your hands of two people who just simply don’t see eye to eye? Thankfully, this kind of occurrence is rare in our marriage, but nonetheless,...
How My 12 Year Old Daughter Reminded Me to Never Give Up
While our 12 year old daughter has many strengths, one of them is not the subject of math. And it doesn’t help that both her younger and older brother can do math like a wiz with no problem at all. This has been a real struggle for her, that sometimes seems...
12 Questions I Ask My Kids Every Year
My wife and I recently sat down with each of our children and asked them to finish this sentence... "You feel most loved by me when _________________________." Here were their responses (in their own words): I feel most loved by you when... You notice when I do...
8 Reasons Your Kids are Misbehaving
Every parent deals with bad behavior from their kids from time to time. I can remember a time in particular when one of our boys seemed to be repeatedly pushing his siblings and hitting them with whatever he happened to have in his hand at the moment. What we came to...
BLACK FRIDAY DEAL – 6 for the price of 1
Yes, we're crazy!... And we'll probably never do this again, but between now and Monday, you can snag 6 of our VBS curriculum bundles for the price of just 1! Because we know that many of you serve in the local children's ministry of your church, we are making a...
Struggling to Be Disciplined?… Here’s Why
"For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” Romans 7:19 "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection…” I Corinthians 9:27 Do you ever struggle with being disciplined? Well, you're in good company. What is Discipline?...
I’m an Adult!… Do I Still Have to Honor My Parents?
From the time many of us were in pre-school up until the time we moved out of the house, the principle of Ephesians 6:1-3 was engrained within us - That it’s right for children to obey and to honor their parents. I don’t think that any of us would question this...
Law vs. Grace – An Amazing Analogy for Parents from Sunday’s Game
Following church on Sunday night, our family came home and watched some of the NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks. To say the least, it was a history making game in more than one way, ending in a 6-6 tie after overtime where both teams...
How to Know if You’ve Been Called to the Ministry
One of the questions I’ve been asked multiple times over the years is this - “How do I really know if I’ve been called into the ministry?” Sometimes this question comes from a teenager or adult wrestling with God’s will for their life. Other times, it comes from...


