Wayward children are more common than we may want to admit. Parents of prodigals usually struggle with how to respond as they see their much loved child venture off the straight and narrow path. The desperation that a Christian parent feels can cause them to either, and often go to both extremes
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I confess, smiling does not come easy for me. Not because I am not happy (because I AM!), but smiling takes effort on my part. Have you ever noticed that some people just seem to always have a smile, a pleasant countenance? Oh, how I wish I were more like that, but I'm not. For me, I have to se
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I just finished listening to this broadcast by Kevin Swanson. You HAVE GOT TO GO LISTEN!!! It's only about 25 minutes long. Sullen, Ungrateful, Slothful Teens He talks about homeschool kids a lot, but this applies to EVERYONE! I'd love to hear your feedback.
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This month's FREE audio book download from Christian Audio Download is JJohn Piper's Desiring God Go here and get your free copy! I loaded it to my Walkman that my sweet daughter gave me for my birthday. I started listening to it last night and I am really enjoying i
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Many of you remember the video I posted earlier this year when our dear, sweet friends lost their baby. What a heart wrenching time for all of us. Grief is such a long, lonely road. It is a road all of us will walk, probably many times in our life, but I will say there is nothing like buryin
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I guess it is because the bulk of my parenting (as far as child training goes) is coming down to it's last few years that I realize so much that I wish I'd known when I was younger!!! Most of us are not taught any parenting skills as we grow up, let alone marriage skills, other than wh
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The majority of Americans always want more...more of everything! Perhaps having less, WANTING less, and playing more simply is what we really *need*? One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing
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...let's get down to the nitty-gritty of parenting. Having your child work along side you is such a great time to know your child in a way you normally wouldn't. When you have to tackle a task together (outside the normal make you bed kind of stuff), where you depend on each other to do
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We (Emma) has a golden retriever who is almost a year old, which means he is VERY MUCH still a PUPPY! He adores Emma. Yesterday, Jeff and Emma went two blocks down to mow the neighbor's yard. After they were there for about 30 minutes Levi showed up. He heard the mowers down there and
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Yesterday I posted about teens and low expectations. A good look at American history over the last 50-100 years and what we've done to the family can explain a lot . Last night we watched a documentary about a family that moved away from the typical American lifestyle to a simple life.
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This weekend our girls attended the Rebelution Conference put on by Alex and Brett Harris, the authors of Do Hard Things. The Rebelution is all about encouraging teens to rebel against low expectations. I believe that our culture has lowered the standard so much that we actually e
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When you become a blogger and/or have an internet based business it is very easy to become totally consumed with time in front of the computer. Even when you are on vacation you can take your work with you via the laptop. Life can quickly get out of balance even doing GOOD THINGS. I
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When I refer to a "child" in this post I am referring to older teens or adult children. There are many parents that have raised their in kids in Godly homes, parents that have walked the talk (imperfectly), not just talk the talk, and yet some still have "issues"
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I try to keep things on this blog positive and not rant when things get under my skin, but today is an exception! I am so disgusted and angry. Why does God continue to hold back His wrath on our country? We watch very little TV, usually just the 9:00 news. A couple weeks ago I saw a commerci
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