I Love You Enough to Tell You the Truth
What are we to do if we have or know children and teens who are choosing to live outside of God’s good design for sex and gender? Sadly, in today’s world, many of us are afraid to love our kids…
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The Glorious Opportunity of Parenting
Today, I want to offer a word of encouragement and perspective to the parents who may be listening. I’ve made an effort to be a good parent. I’ve made many, many mistakes. I’ve struggled from time to time with my…
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Showing Grace on Social Media
All this week we’ve been looking at Paul Tripp’s new book, Reactivity: How The Gospel Transforms our Actions and Reactions, and what it means to respect the dignity of others, especially as we and our children learn how to best…
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The Gift of a Grace-Filled Dad
All this week we’ve been looking at the powerful role Dad’s play in their teen’s lives. Our kids will mess up. For some, their poor decisions will result in consequences that last a long time. Others may enter into a…
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Realistic Parenting
Why is it that so many of us feel like failures when we or our children make a mistake? My guess is that we are disappointed because we expect ourselves and our kids to be perfect – a very unrealistic…
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How a Dad Must Show Grace
All this week we’ve been looking at the powerful role Dads play in their teen’s lives. Our kids will mess up. For some, their poor decisions will result in consequences that last a long time. Others may enter into a…
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Living in Light of Eternity
From time to time I share with you some of the cultural lies our children and teens are being encouraged to believe. One such lie is this: Life in this world is more important than the afterlife. Dr. Michael Kruger…
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How to Converse about LGBTQ+
Since this is Pride month, I’m spending this week sharing some words of wisdom from HarvestUSA’s John Freeman, on how to remain faithful when others embrace lgbtq+ theology. John tells us to be sure to engage others and ask good…
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Kintsugi and our Kids
Parents, if you are looking for a visual metaphor to share with your kids about the redemptive work God does in the lives of broken sinners, google the word Kintsugi. This Japanese word is spelled K-I-N-T-S-U-G-I. Kintsugi, translated “golden joinery”…
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Valentine’s Day, Kids, and Sexuality
It’s Valentines Day – a day when many of us go out of our way to say “I love you” to those who are special to us. Parents, do you know that expressing love and paying attention to your children…
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Pushing Back on a Cultural Christmas
If you’re like me, there are two ways that I lose sight of what it is that we just celebrated on Christmas day. First, I’ve allowed the familiarity of Christmas to diminish the meaning. I grew up in a Christian…
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