The Very Best Christmas Money Can't Buy
One Christmas, about 20 years ago, our oldest daughter wanted a doll that was absurdly expensive. It cost over $100, and we lived on a...
Raising Kids to Leave
The coupon arrived from the bed and bath store saying, “Campus Bound: 20% off your entire purchase.” I looked at mine and wondered who I...
Is Your Teen At Risk?
A Questionnaire to Assess Risk If you, or someone you know is having trouble with a teen, take a few moments and answer the following...
How to End Sibling Rivalry
How to End Sibling Rivalry Like a Christian Sibling friendship is a countercultural notion. TV shows, movies, and books rarely portray...
Wayward Children Need to See Your Weakness
Wayward Children Need to See Your Weakness I’ve been a wayward child, and I’ve been a parent of wayward children. And without a doubt,...
PARENTING IMPERATIVES FROM PROVERBS
10 PARENTING IMPERATIVES FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS Parenting is sacred, smelly, exciting, crushing, frustrating and expensive. It’s the...
Inspire Confident, Contagious Faith in Your Kids
Inspire Confident, Contagious Faith in Your Kids Last year in an interview with CT, first-time Olympian and gold medalist swimmer Maya...
Let Your Children Go to Him
Let Your Children Go to Him HOW TO LEAVE THEM WITH SPIRITUAL WEALTH Many Christians, like most people, aren’t wealthy — financially or...
The Gospel is Not Complicated
Dear Teenager, The Gospel is Not Complicated Dear Teenager, “I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his...
Mom Success
Mom Success: I'm Shooting for 80/20 Except for a year or two in my parenting tenure, I’ve always been a working mom. Sometimes part-time,...