Reading the below links, I have realized I am not the only one to be hurting over a daughter who has gone off to college. Don’t get me wrong. We want our daughter to go to college. We’re proud of…
ESPN on Urban Meyer’s Contract With His Family
Fathers and football fans should read this articles detailing how a successful workaholic lost everything. Before you join Urban Meyer, who is walking toward the exit of the Ohio State football office, there’s a scar you need to see. A…
Hurting Parents Need A Place to Meet
Hurting parents are deeply wounded. They need a safe place to meet where they can share prayer requests and know that they are not alone. If you are a hurting parent, I would encourage you to just read the comments…
Children Playing Outdoors Requires Leadership: 3 Suggestions
Children need to play outdoors. Virtually everyone agrees. The question is, “How do we effectively encourage children to play outdoors?” As is so many times the case, the word “leadership,” answers the question. Dr. Mohler from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary…
Get Spiritually Recharged on Vacation
It’s been a long time, but I don’t recall thinking the movie Vacation was that funny. Maybe it’s because it hit too close to home – – – planning for a vacation that ended up being a spiritual drain. How…
Parents: Memorize This Speech
Parents: memorize this speech. As a parent my goal is to protect you. If protecting you means having you upset with me, so be it. I love you enough to die for you; you being upset with me is a…
Parents and Children: Don’t Drop the Baton!
Christian parents: it’s not enough to learn a lesson in life. We need to leave a legacy with our children. Consider the diagnostic questions at the end of this post to evaluate how well you are doing as a parent…
Student Debt is Unsustainable
With a daughter going to college, and 3 more children right behind her, this video is very relevant. So far, our approach has been to (1) Save, save, save. (2) Take AP classes. (3) Take community college classes in the…
How will children see themselves if the most important work we ever ask them to do is play a video game?
Never has it been more important to teach our children to work. Parents who allow their children to be lazy undermine the child’s sense of dignity and compromise their future. For parent seeking to teach a work ethic, Proverbs is…