To attend or not to attend?

Attend Church?

Q: Should I make my child attend church with me? A: YES!  (with some care and mercy thrown in) Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it It is a rule, I am the leader of my family.  And you are […]

Drama drama

Well life goes on … Lord willing, I will make live the posts I have had to hold back until the foster kids are a part of our family officially.   Until then … just a few shadows running around.  A life on hold. These little foster kids have some other issues that need to […]

The Favorite Child

Do you have a favorite child? What does the Bible say about raising children?

My wife always says I have a favorite child. I don’t think I do, although one annoys me a little less than others. 🙂 Still I try and be fair however I am easily manipulated by my crazy little girls. Last night we had a MATCH Homeschool Co-Op showcase and four of my kids played music and/or had […]

It is okay to cry (part 1)

It is okay to cry. I have been telling my kids that for the last few months. They have dealt with death and loss and the pain of being let down. They have had betrayal by friends and forgotten by teachers and broken promises, mine included.  Sometimes the pursuit of painless perfection and a disappointment […]

My child doesn’t want to come to church

Recently I have had a couple families come to me very concerned that their children want nothing to do with Church or the things of God.  We watch as they grow up and then out of the church.  Parents no longer “make” their children come trying to help them learn to make good decisions.  Often […]

How much more?

Matthew 7:11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Generation Forgotten

Hosea 4: 6-7 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I […]