“Calm, quiet, gentle, peaceful…” These are the words that I used to coach my children when they were very little. It’s ok to be excited, but rarely is the extremely radical contest of audible friction something the general public is able to handle. Yet, that reality is common with toddlers. Noise is inevitable. It’s everywhere….
Tag: Parenting
Spiderman Saves Child from Vaccine
My son, Jacob, is a creative, genuine, and expressive kid. He’s a man grown at 20, but when he was little, he had some major fears. First, was the fear of bugs, any bug, any creepy crawly thing, he was horrified of it. Second, was the fear of vaccinations. Outside of those two things, he…
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God Teaches our Family | ep.61
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Looking for books and coloring pages isn’t necessary. We don’t have to fear ‘how’ we are to teach our family the truths of God’s word. If we read and teach the Scripture, God will be the true instructor. His word is truth…
Spiritual Boss? | Ep 60
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Spiritual Headship is About Being the first to reveal and do spiritual things. The first to forgive and the first to show repentance. Many times being a parent and leading spiritually can be taxing and down right scary. Most parents feel as…
Family Bible Time?? Really? | Ep 59
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS RUN for your LIVES! Family spiritual growth and Bible study doesn’t have to feel this way. It’s a matter of focus and intention above all things! We appreciate your listening and look forward to seeing this podcast get off the ground with…
Twenty Years as a Parent and Nothing’s Changed
Good Spirited Examples! I can count the number of times I have had to discipline my kids with our hickory paddle. Just the thought of it terrified all five of them at an early age. And while my children have all been very different with varying qualities and personalities there has been one common, for…
Oh God, my life is over!
My life is half over by all estimation and while on one side it’s a half-full glass the other hand reveals a very depressing reality: I have wasted much of it. I have wasted my life on meaningless endeavors, invested in idols that have never paid a return, and breaded the meal of the flesh…
Children and the Word
It often perplexes my mind when I hear people discuss their decision to “not” teach spiritual things to their children. For the staunch atheist or pagan, I could understand, but this mind I hear from many professing believers. Some of their excuses include, “I want my children to make their own choices,” or “I just…
Some Thoughts As My Oldest Daughter Graduates
Never has a child been more inept for life than the moment they graduate high school. As a father of five, I am going to have many times to get the parenting thing right. Sadly, I never will and am OK with this reality, after all, I am pressing into a journey to “produce” children…