My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus nameThe Solid Rock Edward Mote What is your hope built on? What do you do when all seems lost? What do you do when fear consumes your thoughts and leaves your crippled? Or …
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Photo by Yaroslav Danylchenko on Pexels.com Oh COVID-19 the gift that keeps giving. Really it's more like the white elephant gift that no one wants that just keeps getting passed around waiting for someone to finally throw it away...or burn it. Well, I know for some of you life has not changed much from earlier …
“We must stop leading our kids with short-term vision and see the long-term impact of our decisions. Hurt is far better than harm.” - Dr. Tim Elmore How do we help kids and young adults take responsibility in light of having parents who struggle to let them fail? Parents who, instead of letting them learn …
I am stepping off the path of parenting posts and wadding into culture with this week’s post.This post was sparked by a couple of items I came across in the past few weeks. The first was an article sent to me that was about a LGBT gal who decided to leave the political Left because …
My family and I recently got to go the Great Wolf Lodge thanks to the generous gift of grandma to her grandkids. It was a blast especially since our son was finally the height to ride some of the slides with us and that grandma was around to watch the youngest so we could go …
I would say that one of the main goals my wife and I have for our children is that they would grow up to be independent. What I mean by this is that they are able make it on their own. That they would be self-sufficient. They would be a contributing member to society. I …
https://vimeo.com/388867743 Took a break from my current blog series to share my latest sermon with you. Enjoy! Here are my notes from the sermon if you don't have time to watch the full sermon. Recently a quarterback for a certain NFL team made the news…and not just because he lost NFC Championship but because of …
“The average child today experiences the same level of anxiety as a psychiatric patient did in the 1950’s.” -American Psychological Association What’s so different today that is causing kids these days so much anxiety? Where does this anxiety come from? It’s not like there is a depression or war or anything going on that would …
“Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyper-concern has a net effect of making kids more fragile.” -Hara Estroff Marano Fragile. Snowflakes. Wimps. Babies. Weak. These are just a few of the words I have heard used to describe the current generation (Generation Z). …
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In my last blog post, I talked about the leadership lessons we could learn from the life of King David that could help in how we lead the next generation. I want to continue that conversation in this blog post and look at two major issues that Tim Elmore, an author and thought leader on …