The past few years have brought weather-related emergencies and now with the baby formula shortage and inflation, we can think about how to no longer rely on various systems--
Emergency Preparedness and Community Care
When Kids Don’t Get Along – Part 1
Our kids need to experience reconciliation with their siblings, their friends and we all need this skill in our world today.
Being Impressionable
My prayer was for my family, all eight of us, and I prayed something like, “Lord, help us stay impressionable.”
Our Greatest Cheerleader
There are times when the people most vital to our care cannot give us what we need. It’s a painful reality that often shapes our emotional development and taints our self-image.
Realizing that Our Kids Can Become More Important to Us than God
We can fail and not be failures because God’s redeeming work uses raising kids to take us through a journey of personal transformation.
Move Aside the Cup of Milk
Call a sacred assembly; Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; (Joel 2:15-16) I had not heard a pastor tell a congregation that children should be expected to learn the Word of God like they are expected to learn math and grammar. This well-known leader in North …
Saints, God is Cheering You On!
Our view of God the Father is crucial to our wholeness. We can’t possibly run to a Father that we think is always criticizing us, watching us with a stern eye or ready to take away some of His blessings back for our bad behavior.
Mommy or Me: Who is first?
Ages and Stages Part 4 Mommy or Me: Who is 1st? (Repost from 2014) I think I was in my upper-twenties when the dawning occurred. “I” had become lost in the role of “Mommy”. The decision to be a stay-at-home mom cost us financially but rewarded us with the certainty that we could completely oversee …
Cover Them With Your Wings
The Biblical metaphor of an eagle’s wings means much more than providing the best shelter possible for our children. As parents, we must protect their minds, emotions, as well as their physical bodies.