Sufficient Hope
If you could give a new mom the perfect gift, what would it be? Would it be full night’s sleep? Maybe you’d give her a hot meal without interruption or maybe the confidence that she’ll be a good mom. Those…
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When Our Children Sin
Do you remember when you first learned you would have a child? You likely prayed over your little one day after day. Even though you’d never met him or her in person, you loved your child more than anything. You…
What Will They Do When I’m Gone?
This morning I was reading a well-written and edifying article about cancer, the sovereignty of God and facing the reality of an uncertain future (humanly speaking). I think most parents have, at some time, gone through this thought process: what…
Idols of a Mother’s Heart
If you’re a parent and a Christian, you’ve probably read your share of parenting books. Of the making of self-help parenting books, there is seemingly no end. If, like the writer of Ecclesiastes, you’ve been wearied by such study, Christina…
Idols of a Mother’s Heart
If you’re a parent and a Christian, you’ve probably read your share of parenting books. Of the making of self-help parenting books, there is seemingly no end. If, like the writer of Ecclesiastes, you’ve been wearied by such study, Christina…
A Child’s Prayer
Dear father in heaven, Thank you for giving me sleep last night, and for keeping me safe to live this new day. I am a child, so please help me to do all things through Christ, the One who strengthens…
When Your Child Sins, Good News!
Too often, parents respond to their child’s sin by focusing on how our child is letting them down. They make it clear that the child is failing to live up to the family standard of righteousness. Such an approach fails…
Wise Technological Parenting
It is the apex of foolishness for parents to allow their children to have free and unaccountable access to technology– smart phones, tablets, iPods, computers, etc. Before I explain the reasons why I believe this, I want to make clear, in…
Tuned in Parents on the Technological Frontier
I am a child of the technological frontier–the brave new world of exciting potential and seemingly limitless possibility. I learned how to type on a typewriter; but, how to spell on a Speak&Spell. As a young boy, I played video games…
Rewarding our Children for Obedience?
When it comes to parenting, I think there are some general principles that we can draw from the way God the Father treats his children. That is why I am not, in principle, opposed to various types of punishments for…