As you guard your children’s hearts on that journey with them, you will as a follower of Christ open their eyes to life that will never end. That’s the ultimate joy of lifegiving parenting. by Clay & Sally Clarkson, author of The Lifegiving Parent: Giving Your Child a Life Worth...
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3 Truths About Releasing Your Children to God
In this world we certainly have trouble. But God used Moses’ choices to mold him and make him into the leader he needed to be, and he will be faithful to do the same with our children. by Amy K. Sorrells, author of Before I Saw You, originally posted on...
Fathers, Live Your True Identity as Heroes
The following is an excerpt from The Soul of a Hero by Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop. Be honest now: Does the word hero resonate with you, or does it miss the mark, leaving you feeling cold and disconnected? Maybe you’re thinking, What’s heroic about my life? Well, here are...
Help, My Kid is Being Bullied!
This article was written by Evan Barber from Axis. We all know the stereotypical bully. He is male, large, intimidating, and unintelligent, just like Moe from Calvin and Hobbes or Biff from Back to the Future. Bullies can indeed have these characteristics, but the truth is that there is no...
To Live in Love
This article was written by Misty Arterburn. Steve and I are approaching our eighteenth wedding anniversary. We are so looking forward to a weekend getaway to celebrate. Each anniversary is a sweet gift that wakes us up a bit, an invitation to bring our love back into focus, often right...
Inspiration for a New Family Christmas Tradition
This article is an excerpt from upcoming book: Overflow by Kenny Luck. It was an annual tradition for our family, one I looked forward to the whole year long. So, in late November, I sent a text to a friend: Hey Elizabeth . . . my family is praying for a single...
The Role of Our Emotions In Our Realtionships and Faith
This couple's session was not going well. As Ken was getting elevated, his tone was shifting from calm to aggravated. “Seriously? You think that telling my mother ‘Sorry, not sorry’ about being late was appropriate?” “Well, she was the one who scheduled the outing for Gabby in the middle of...
What To Do When Fights Begin
The Desert Fathers and Mothers are deeply aware of how the desire to possess what God has not given us can divide us from one another: Two hermits lived together for many years without a quarrel. One said to the other, “Let’s have a quarrel with each other, as other...
A Podcast to Help You Navigate Conversations with Teens
So much has changed in the last decade for kids. For most of us, the life that we knew as teens is completely foreign compared to what our teens are facing today. With the introduction of social media, new technology, and changing social pressures, we as parents need all the...
The Many Methods of Raising Kingdom Kids
This article is an excerpt from Raising Kingdom Kids by Tony Evans. Because I’m a pastor, parents facing difficult situations in their homes or marriages regularly ask me how God is going to show up and transform whatever challenge they are in. My answer is always the same: “I don’t...
Parenting Lessons in the Dark
This article is excerpted from Raising Kingdom Kids by Tony Evans. I was born up north in Baltimore, Maryland, but Lois and I moved to Dallas so that I could attend seminary in the 1970s, and when we did, I discovered something I loved about Dallas—the heat. Another great thing...
Choosing Wise Parenting
This article is excerpted from Raising Kingdom Kids by Tony Evans. Life is full of decisions, and most of us are tired of making the wrong ones. As parents, some of us still feel the effects of poor choices we made in our youth, or even as adults. If you...