Posts tagged parenting

(From the Rooted Thinking archives: May 22, 2018) I know few better ways to understand myself than being a father. Because kids are, after all, …

We were young parents. Our daughter was four, and we were expecting our second child. We lived in relative isolation as missionaries on a pioneer …

Listen and subscribe: Youtube – Spotify – Apple Podcasts Parenting is difficult. Disciplining proves even harder. Many of the best of men and women have failed at parenting. Abraham alienated …

Your oldest child heads off to college. A friend you led to Christ and have been discipling moves over 1,000 miles away. Your work contract …

A line of children—your children—stare up at you from the sofa. The younger ones bounce with anticipation. The teens raise their eyebrows in skepticism. Family …

And they’re off! With the bang of your hand against the alarm clock (or your iPhone hitting the floor), your day begins. A horse race …

Raising children is like concocting a magic potion. Throw the list of ingredients into the cauldron at the proper time and—BOOM—out springs a godly, successful …

Christians should parent their children in a gospel-centered manner, even when it comes to schoolwork.

“God does not want us to be spiritual mushrooms,” wrote J. O. Fraser in 1918 from the Yunnan province of China.[1] Fraser spoke from experience—in …

If I want my children to give me their heart, I must not miss those tender moments when they offer it.