Author: Wendy Clark Perhaps you’ve heard people talk about creating or building “margin” into our lives. The expression refers to freeing up room in our lives for space, rest, and unscripted moments. As an English teacher I’ve had occasion to reflect on the value of margins. On a typed page the margin is the empty [...]
Summary: Some children have the ability to suck the energy right out of family life. These children are demanding of your time, need a lot of correction, and seem to be magnets for conflict. They’re often emotionally explosive but almost always drain energy out of parents and other family members. The solution is to teach [...]
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. I Peter 4:8-10, NKJV In this passage, the Apostle Peter (under [...]
My wife Janet and I have been teaching a parenting class to help parent’s disciple their children. We were excited to see that many parents are very concerned about their children’s spiritual lives. Many have been willing to learn as much as they can to fulfill God’s mandate that has been given to each of [...]
As the summer quickly approaches and end of the school year invitations for various events canvas my calendar I am reminded of the struggle it is to make wise decisions concerning my kids activities and playdates. I am finding myself feeling pressured to allow my kids to do certain things that in and of themselves seem benign. [...]
It’s Wednesday night tonight. We look forward to Wednesdays because we have more family time since there are no activities after school. Mondays we have piano, tap and jazz. Tuesdays and Thursdays the kids have had soccer. Now soccer practice is just on Tuesdays so we can go to AWANA on Thursday nights. Saturdays we [...]