Author: Linda Wright Spaghetti sauce is a specialty of mine. I start with tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes whipped up in my vita-mix super blender with an onion, garlic cloves, and herbs from my garden. Secretly, I add a few sliced carrots for added nutrition. The vita-mix liquefies it all! Simmer the liquid in [...]
Author: Steve Hodges I grew up in Southern California. One of our favorite summer Saturday outings as a family was to visit one of the many large regional parks in Orange County. One Saturday morning while I was in middle school, my dad called all of us children together and asked a question: “Would you [...]
Author: Linda Wright A Mother’s Final Exam December is here, a time to celebrate Christmas. I call it Mother’s Final Exam Month. Look at the following list. How can I get it all done? And do it with a smile and great confidence too! Shop for gifts and make gifts Wrap, wrap, wrap Decorate [...]
Author: Kim Ashbaugh I once asked my eldest, who had recently graduated from high school, what her favorite childhood memory was. She could not recall any particular memory, but said “when you and Daddy played with me.” Oh, the importance of individual time! It cannot be neglected in parenting, though many daily tasks try to take [...]
Author: Laura Kuehn I continue to be honored to be part of Passionate Purposeful Parenting and to be among a “great cloud of witnesses.” Seeking to equip parents to raise their children in the Lord is a humbling endeavor. In this post, I would like to share a different kind of PPP that we have [...]
Author: Steve Hodges The Earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. –Psalm 24:1 My wife recently attended a two-day blogging conference. While at the conference, I spent the days with the children. Our family has long had a tradition of Daddy Destinations. A Daddy Destination is a [...]
Author: Kelly Patchin I believe one of the best ways to help your children remember the Bible is to have them tell you the story. For centuries the Bible was an oral tradition for the people of Israel. They would tell stories from generation to generation. When you tell a story it becomes less about [...]
I was feeding my two-month old daughter in the doctor’s waiting room with my three other young kids in tow when a woman with six children sat down to chat. Kind-spirited, she seemed on a mission to encourage me, saying how well she remembered the challenges of the early years. I surmised by the Bible [...]
Author: Dr. Scott Turansky Dr. Scott Turansky is the co-founder of the National Center for Biblical Parenting. He has written 5 books on parentings and has three video training programs for parents. Scott loves to help parents understand a heart-based approach to parenting. In many homes, dinnertime is the only time when the family [...]
“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.” ~ quote from my daily desk calendar “If Everything is Coming Your Way You’re in the Wrong Lane.” I’ve almost found solace [...]