Your Greatest Contribution
The Bible calls children “arrows in the hand of a warrior.” (Ps 127:4) If you are the warrior (you are) and your kids are arrows, then what could that mean for today? Every day is an opportunity to fashion/mold them, sharpen them, prepare them, AIM them, and release them in some way.…
7 Facts About Technology Parents Need to Know
Tech is everywhere and increasing. As parents discipling our children, we need constant reminders and calibration to find health how we use technology. So we asked our good friend (a tech-talk pro) for help! Nathan Sutherland is the President the non-profit, Flint & Iron, where he’s spent…
The Power of Calm Correction
Confession: I have a problem with anger. I also have a problem with impatience. Also, I have a problem using the… I’ll say, “wrong” words. As Ryan often jokes, I have a salty side—one that I’m mostly not proud of. As it turns out, my children have only served to amplify these areas of my heart that…
35+ Bible Verses for Parents
There is nothing like the Bible. Nothing. For Christians, the Bible is more than a book, it's the Word of God himself. For parents, the Bible is a guidebook, a lifeline, a comfort, and a light that shines into the dim and dark spaces of our children's hearts. While many would agree with those…
12 Parenting Quotes by Charles H. Spurgeon
Who doesn't love a little Spurgeon once in a while? As I've grown as a man, husband, and father, I've appreciated more and more Spurgeon's boldness, doctrine, and style. Some of how he communicates can be credited to his context (Victorian England in the 1800s), but I'd contend that it simply has…
Parenting Quotes We Love
Much can be and has been said about parenting. As parents, it’s vital that we fill our ears, heads, and hearts with ideas that are rooted in God’s Word and stir our hearts to love our kids the way He intended. As we’ve continued our journey into parenthood, we’ve found the…
15 Christian Parenting Quotes by Paul David Tripp
Few teachers have impacted this generation of parents like Paul Tripp. His constant reminders of the gospel in the parenting context have helped me as a mother in ways I can't quite articulate. I remember the first few months with our oldest, Dela, at home. I felt inadequate in every way. I was so…
12 Bible Verses About Kids and Parenting
Every parent holds beliefs (tightly) about parenting that drive their behavior. The question is, what is driving your beliefs? What worldview or philosophy informs your conclusions about what is right (and what isn't right) about how to be a parent? What is the goal of parenting? While much can be…
Society’s Forge
This idea has been stuck in my head for months: the home is society’s forge. What I mean is, the very societies we occupy and the changes that form them are the result of whatever happened (or didn’t happen) in the homes of that society in prior generations. Today’s heroes and…