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We Have Help Guarding Our Hearts!

Posted in Faith, Family, Life, Parenting, tagged , , , on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve posted before about the importance of guarding our heart. It is the first verse we’ve had our kids memorize and sets up a lot of the parental decisions we make. There are many things we don’t allow our kids to participate in because we feel it would be letting our guard down.
However, over the [...]

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Birthday Bowling

Posted in Family, Parenting, tagged , , , on December 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Blake’s 8th birthday is coming up next week, and just like the 7 others before this one, it falls on the day after Christmas.
We’re thankful that so far every year on his birthday Blake has been surrounded by family. Evie has been intentional about having a cake and letting him open presents from family!
However, the [...]

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The REAL Reason for Discipline

Posted in Ministry, Parenting, tagged , , on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Recently I spoke at our church and shared some Biblical principles for parental discipline. The talk was mostly based on scripture, but also was laced with some great, practical insight shared by Ted Tripp in his book Shepherding a Child’s Heart.
The true motive for discipline is to keep our kids in a ‘circle of blessing’. [...]

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Chickens Came First!

Posted in Faith, Family, Parenting, tagged , , , , , on October 17, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Last night I was thinking of the ol’ question, “What came first?” People have debated for generations whether it was the chicken or the egg. When it comes to familial relationships though, there is no denying that there has to be PARENTS before there can be CHILDREN.
Now let me say one of my greatest joys [...]

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Glubble – Where Families Play!

Posted in Life, Parenting, tagged , , , , on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We have a 7 and 4 year old at home, and they’re both becoming more computer savvy everyday. For this reason, Evie and I started looking for an internet filtering device recently, and last week we stumbled upon Glubble.
Glubble is a Firefox add-on that allows you to customize the internet experience for each person in [...]

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You Can Do It – Tony Dungy

Posted in Faith, Family, Life, Ministry, Parenting, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

For my birthday, my sweet sister-in-law and her family gave me a personalized, autographed copy of Tony Dungy’s new children’s book You Can Do It! Quite honestly, it is my favorite gift this year. Thanks SO much Iris, Gaetan and Rachel!
Tonight, I read the book with my kids for the first time. It is a [...]

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Praying for Your Kids

Posted in Parenting, tagged , , on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Pray that your children will know Jesus Christ as forgiver of their sins and leader of their life at an early age in life (Ps.63:1; 2 Tim.3:15).
Pray that they will have a hatred for sin (Ps.97:10).
Pray that they will be caught when guilty (Ps.119:71).
Pray that they will be protected from the evil one in each [...]

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Christian Media Source for Families

Posted in Family, Parenting, tagged , , on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

HisKids.net is a great resource for Christian families. You can listen to Christian music made with your kids in mind. Featured artists include Yancy, Deano, Uncle Charlie and Seeds. There are also great stories and illustrations as well! This is a place to find family friendly music and messages! Go check it out!

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Teach them “Whose They Are!”

Posted in Parenting, tagged , , on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is the sixth post in a series about parenting. I described my reasons for these posts in an earlier introduction.
Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His.
We are His people.

- Psalm 100:3
We want our kids to know whose they are. First and foremost, they [...]

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God gives you your family, but you choose your friends

Posted in Parenting, tagged , , on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is the fifth post in a series about parenting. I described my reasons for these posts in an earlier introduction.
He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Proverbs 13:20
For many years I’ve spoken to kids about the importance of their families. I’ve said, “Your family is [...]

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