Posts tagged “Family”
Husbands: Love!
It’s a wedding cliché that the bride and groom say “I do” to each other, as in “I do love you.” Well, forgive me…
Pray for the children
Ever heard of what happens to pastors’ daughters? I have. And it freaks me out. The other night I snuck into my daughter’s room…
Lord, place us in families
Lord, even when we are surrounded by people, we can feel so alone. We feel isolated and cut off from others because no one…
A grandparent’s legacy
Grandparents. You have a bit of a reputation, you know. You hand out cookies before dinner. You obey the bedtime plea, “Just one more…
Ego medicine
There are some pretty cool things about being an only child. You certainly don’t lack attention, and you have a shot at better resources…
Teach your children
Why is it that children learn everything bad all by themselves? Lying, laziness, blaming, evading responsibility, cheating, stealing, and disobedience just sprout like weeds….
You are your children’s refuge
King David is known as being a “man after the Lord’s own heart.” So when his son King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 14:26, “Whoever…
Family feud
People have been using money to buy their way out of problems for centuries. No, millennia. Money can buy good attorneys, silence accusers and…
Mother’s Day disappointment
Woodrow Wilson meant well when he made Mother’s Day a national holiday, but he probably didn’t anticipate how Mother’s Day would become a day…
Lord, give me patience with my kids
My children are grown now, and I often indulge in a fuzzy and hazy sentimental nostalgia for the days when they were all little…
Blessing #3—Teaching Us Family Discipleship
Until the coronavirus hit, I couldn’t recall a time that my family ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner together for an entire week. Neither could…
Expressing love
Our lasting impression of love is formed by our earliest experiences at home. Home is where we discover a thing called love and how…