Parenting On Point #4 – Loving Mentally with All Your Mind
How to keep your mind sharp as a parent, and how to educate your child so that they are mentally able to make wise decisions.
Parenting on Point Day 15: 10 Ways to Nurture the Soul of Your Child
Our world talks a lot about the soul. You can eat soul food while listening to soul music and looking into the eyes of someone you love because the eyes are the windows to the soul. When people are in trouble they send out an S.O.S. which means “save our souls.” Christian evangelists are even … Read more
Parenting on Point Day 14: Your Soul Was Made to Orbit
One of the most mind-bending things we learn as a young child is about our planet and how it orbits around the Sun. Can you remember, as a kid, trying to understand the massive concept that without the Sun to orbit around, our planet would fly out of position and life on it would end? … Read more
Parenting On Point Day 13: Raising a Child Is Raising a Soul
One of the most fascinating moments in a young child’s life is when they get to examine the world for the first time through the lens of a telescope or microscope. Do you remember your first time doing this as a child? The wonder explodes in a child’s mind as their imagination is opened up … Read more
How do you raise your kids right?
Let’s face it, parenting is not easy. Psalm 127:3 says “children are a blessing from the Lord” and that’s always true – but sometimes it feels like they’re your burden too!
As parents of five children – four of them teenagers – Grace and I hold onto biblical parenting principles that have helped us in our goal to raise kids who are a blessing to God, to us, and to others.
Watch my video to discover seven parenting principles that we pray will help you love, nurture, and enjoy your children – and help them love and enjoy you too!
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Parenting On Point Day 12: The Soul of Parenting
We tend to spend a lot of time, effort, money, and energy on our outer life. We fret about our physical appearance – how much we weigh, what flaws we have, and what the best angle is for a selfie that makes us look our best online. Our lifetime is spent further fretting over the … Read more
Parenting on Point Day 11: Four Kinds of Kids
If you’ve ever looked down into a well, you know how difficult it is to see what lies below. In fact, the only way to know what lies at the bottom of a well is to drop a bucket to the bottom, scoop up whatever’s below, and pull it back to the top so that … Read more
Parenting On Point #3 – Loving Spiritually with All Your Soul
How to have a soul-saving and life-changing relationship with God and help your child to tend to their own soul so that they spiritually mature.
Parenting On Point Day 10: A Heart Transplant
Have you ever known someone who received a heart transplant? It’s truly amazing to consider that a skilled surgeon can open someone’s chest cavity, take out an old heart that is broken, put in a new heart that functions, and the person is able to get a new lease on life. In a spiritual sense, … Read more
Parenting On Point Day 9: The Heart of Parenting
When people want to get to the bottom of something, they speak of getting to the heart of a matter. When someone is suffering, we say that our heart goes out to them. When someone is generous and kind, we say they are big hearted and that their actions are heart warming. When someone is … Read more
Parenting On Point Day 8: Parenting Is Like Gardening
On one particular day, we were shopping at the grocery store together. As we walked down an aisle, we saw a parent walk up and swat a young child on the behind then walk away. Bewildered, the child stood there with a confused look on his or her face. The parent had said nothing in … Read more
Parenting On Point Day 7: Your Family in God’s Family
The most wonderful and awful parts of life can be the relationships we have. Real, mutually authentic relationships are really hard. It seems like everyone wants to be loved and to love, but no one seems to know how to make it happen. The root problem, according to the Bible, starts with our family. Not … Read more