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: Jeanine Cook My church offers it’s community a “donation only”, full day, full summer day camp for those in need. As you can imagine, we draw a variety of people in a variety of challenging circumstances. I am currently at the point of choosing curriculum for the summer. I am wrestling over what to [...]
Author: Susan Arico One of the hardest parts of parenting is figuring out the best way to deal with tough issues we encounter with our children. How should we respond – with empathy, correction, further questioning, or something else? It’s not always clear-cut, and what works with one child in one season may fail completely [...]
Author: Brian Ashbaugh Since boyhood I have been a fan of action and adventure movies, particularly those about superheroes. From Superman to Spiderman, I’ve found such characters not only entertaining but inspiring and uplifting in a way. Who hasn’t walked out of a theater after a good superhero flick ready to take on the world? [...]
Author: Pastor Kelly Patchin Modeling Christ is essential. I have become increasingly aware of societal pressures on the family. With increased emphasis on personal pleasure and false priorities we continue to hear “I am too busy”. This creates a problem. There is no way to model behavior to your children without time being spent living [...]
Author: Jeanine Cook What do your kids hear from you throughout the day? Could they anticipate some of what comes out of your mouth? Is it encouraging, critical, easy on the ears or a clanging? What a great privilege and challenge it is to be the one sure fire source of encouragement, compliment and loving-kindness [...]
Author: Joanne Miller Some of us have grown up with mixed ideas about authority and submission and frankly, we find ourselves confused at times when trying to decide whether to require our children to obey. But obedience is bigger than a parenting issue. It’s a life skill. When children learn to give up their agenda [...]
Article Title: Parents Can Minimize Conflict by Turning Problems Into Tasks Author: Dr. Scott Turansky Summary: If you want to avoid much of the emotional intensity of family life then you’ll need to understand the difference between tasks, problems, and conflict. Tasks are the normal things you do each day. Problems are different. They’re obstacles [...]
Author: Laura Kuehn As preparations are being made to send our kids off to school (for those who have chosen this path), Christian parents are often filled with angst about the influence of the world on their impressionable children. As believers, we can live by faith and not fear that the One who “started a [...]
Author: Joanne Miller Some children are born leaders. They want to control their parents, their siblings, their friends, and even people they don’t know. They have their own agenda and want everyone else to know what it is and how to fit into it. Leaders can be a real blessing in life but they sure [...]