A few years ago when our youngest was three years old, our Bible story at dinner the other night was about Elijah. My wife makes these beef enchilada things that are really good. While our four children finished eating their…
Honor Your Father and Mother, That Your Days May Be Long
Ken Myers: One of my favorite subjects lately has been the relationship between the fifth commandment and youth culture. The fifth commandment seems to me to presuppose that human societies flourish most when there is intergenerational continuity and unity. So…
An Adoption Story from Liberia
Lightning, a child of the Ahlers family, had the opportunity to share his adoption story at the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit this past April. He was adopted from Liberia two years ago. Lightning Ahlers – My Adoption Story from…
What I Tell My Kids is a Relatively Small Thing in My World
Do you love your children enough to die for them? Most of us do. But, there is a better question than, “Do you love your children enough to die for them?” The better question is, “Do you love your children…
The Sorrow of Broken Relationships with Adult Children
My six year old recently opened a window for me so I could see into her make believe world. She said, “Dad, sometimes when I go to bed I pretend that everything in my world is alive, and that all…
Why would a pastor and his wife embrace one last time in front of an oncoming train?
A number of people who stop by my blog, comment on a post from last December, see here. That post has confirmed, again, that some of the most hurting people in the world are parents of rebellious children. ********* Below…
The Most Insidious Drug is One You Give to Someone Else For Your Own Benefit
A while back, we bought an additional television for our basement, so I have been thinking again about the whole television thing. I am reminding myself, in particular, about a warning given by Marie Winn. In her landmark book, The…
A Key Principle for Youth Ministry
So, we’re having a bunch of people over to our house on Sunday night. We’re going to burn stuff, sing, reflect on Scripture, and eat. Those things in reverse order. I have many reasons for doing this. But, teens are…
On Why We Have Fond Memories of Being Spanked
Doug Wilson: At a recent conference, my wife heard a funny story about some old friends of ours who had moved to another state. They have two small children, a four-year-old and a two-year-old. Once when both children needed to…
Chris and Jamie Brauns Birth Announcement
Please join Jamie and me in celebrating the arrival of our first baby Kindle. Born late in the afternoon of March 11, he weighed just over 10 ounces. Both dad and Kindle are doing well. I was a real trooper…