I heard a great message from Pastor Rock Callahan yesterday and want to share some of it with you. Luke recounts the story of the Pharisees grumbling about Jesus’ failure to ceremonially wash before eating. Jesus answered that they are focused on the outside of the cup, while the inside is neglected, dirty, and hidden. [...]
I had a conversation about bullying with a mom today. She is so happy that school is out – it is a respite for her 4th grade son who had a pretty tough year with his classmates. The first half of the school year was fine by his report. When he went back after Christmas [...]
This is reprinted from John Eldredge. If you want to connect and ground within your family this summer, Family Night by the Book is a wonderful way to get underway. Become disciples on the way to groundedness! Amen! Blessings, Beth and Dr. Ron A few weeks ago I was traveling in Slovakia and Poland, speaking [...]
How are you doing with the heart gifts? Stick with it – the pay off will be GREAT! Connecting with your kids requires practice, imagination and creativity, and trial and error. Just make a start. Conversation and communication are where it’s at this summer. Here are some tips for talking and listening from Turansky and [...]
It’s official. School is out and summer is under way.What are your plans for summer 2011? I hope they include some genuine, loving, hysterical, sweet, rowdy and serious one-on-one time with each of your kids and with your family all together. Parents assume their kids know they are loved – after all, you do dozens [...]
We continue with Josh McDowell’s list of ways honesty protects and provides for us. 3. Honesty will protect form the cycle of deceit and provide for a reputation of integrity. Remember Solomon’s words? Lying is a deadly snare because it breeds more lies, more deceit. Like painting yourself into a corner, the dishonest heart is [...]
Honesty reflects God’s nature and character. Josh McDowell offers ways honesty protects and provides for us and our kids in the world. 1. Honesty protects from guilt and provides for a clear conscience. Guilt is among the most powerful of emotions, and it will cling to the dishonest heart like a python, choking the life [...]
We are continuing our look at Truth with Josh Mc Dowell. He uses the analogy of a painter carefully studying his subject and referring to the real person often, in order to accurately capture the original. He says the same is true in helping our kids make moral judgments. “You must employ the Test of [...]
Our culture is corrupt. I think we can all agree on that. There is a crisis of truth in our society; after all, we live in a fallen world. There are no perfect parents or kids and we all make mistakes – sometimes tragic ones. It can be daunting to raise our children in the [...]
In Right from Wrong by Josh McDowell, he writes, “Only 15% of churched youths disagree with the statement, ‘What is right for one person in a given situation might not be right for another person who encounters the same situation.’ So 85% of churched kids are liable to reason, ‘Just because it’s wrong for you [...]
