Think & Perceive
You know if we’re going to impact our kids for Christ, we need to know only share spiritual things with them, look for spiritual opportunities to step in and minister to them, to answer their questions, but we need to create opportunities to see how they think, how they perceive things.
Now you might think this is pretty bad, but... >Read More
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Father’s Love
Greatest security of a child today is knowing their father loves their mother and they will not divorce. Here are ways I showed this:
What I always tried to do was to find everything I could to reinforce my love to my children’s mother in their presence. For example, I think every time it came to Christmas or anniversary or... >Read More
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Creative Parenting
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How do young people spell love? T-I-M-E. They did a study of 300 7th and 8th graders. They wanted to find out how much time does a 7th and 8th grader spend in a meaningful conversation. In other words, in a conversation that is not just meaningful to the father... >Read More
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Be Time Creative
You know, I keep on emphasizing this and hammering it home: it takes time, and be creative with your time. This is probably one of the last segments we’ll spend on this, but I want to give you two examples.
Look at flowers and bugs through a magnifying glass. You will be amazed how impressed you will be with the... >Read More
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Creative Parenting
How are you doing as a parent? God gives parents the special gift of children but it takes effort to raise them well. With the busyness of life, we can sometimes feel that we aren't doing our best as parents. In this video series, Josh McDowell provides several creative parenting techniques to use with your family, regardless of where... >Read More
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How do I respect my aging parents' wishes?
What does the Bible teach about aging parents? My father is 82, and my mother 78. Their health is starting to decline. The problem is that they do not want to have home health care, or anyone in the house as far as that goes. They want no mention of an assisted living arrangement, and they do not want... >Read More
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The Summer of Letting Go
This fall my 18 year-old son, my first-born, my newly minted young adult, will be leaving home to start university. I have never been an overly protective mother. Over the years, he has often left home, even for extended times. At 8 years old, he spent a week with members of our extended family whom he barely knew.
After that... >Read More
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What They'll Never Forget
You know a way that will help you to be creative in... >more
Be Original and Unusual
You know, I often said that if we’re going to impact our... >more
What Do You Fear?
