Posts tagged “Parenting”
The faces of Mom and Dad
Picture your parents in your mind’s eye. In all that you see, do you also envision the face of God superimposed over theirs? In…
Dear Mom
Dear Mom, I miss you every day. Your motto rings in my ears: “Put on the full armor of God” (Ephesians 6:11). I appreciate…
Moms can do most things that Jesus can’t
Jesus ascended into heaven. He’s no longer physically here, but seated at the right hand of the Father, he is ruling all things with…
Even if they roll their eyes
There were some eye rollers around my dinner table. They had my surname and were eating my food. Whenever I took that occasion to…
Father of grace
A few years ago, I heard a pastor and his son speak at a men’s conference. The son told the story of when he…
Rock-star parents
The other day a dad thanked me for commanding him to be mediocre. During a recent sermon, I had asked him and all the…
Being human
When my youngest daughter was born, she came out crying. The doctor said, “It’s a girl!” but my daughter just cried at the sound…
Ladies, we men need you
There are few things as statistically powerful as a man who loves Jesus. Perhaps you’ve read the studies concerning the impact men have on…
The feelings of a father
America was a mere 50 years old when Andrew Jackson was president. The country was frontier, and the unitedness of the states was a…
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…