New Year Resolutions

I love New Year resolutions. Some say, “Why bother setting up high expectations only to feel like a complete failure three months later?” and perhaps their only resolve is to not make New Year resolutions! For me though, New Year’s resolutions is a special time of reflection and commitment.
It starts with reflecting upon the past year’s achievements and the journey God [...]

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5 Facts about Christmas

This article by Jonathan Falwell reminds us of five unforgettable truths about Christmas. That is, unforgettable if these truths change your life like they have mine!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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A Simple Strategy

After building strong families, the surest tactic for winning the culture war is plain: Give your kids a better education than their secularist peers.
Gene Edward Veith in WORLD Magazine

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Understanding Sin and Raising Children

This is a thought-provoking article that addresses some important and controvertial issues:
Raising Children on Sin

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What it Means to be a Good Neighbor

At a time when we are so busy baking for our friends and neighbors and sending off gifts to our family, it behooves us to stop and think about what it means to be a good neighbor. Our gifts show appreciation and kindness to those around us at Christmastime, and perhaps we even stop to reflect on how [...]

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Christmas crafts for Children

Are you looking for ways to teach your children that Christmas is about giving? Here are my two favorite websites for Christmas crafts that give you ideas for gifts your children can make for others:
http://www.craftideas.info/index.html 
http://familyfun.go.com/

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Favorite Bumper Stickers of the Week

Lately, I’ve read a lot of bumper stickers that I have never noticed before. (Is this because I’m driving too close to the car in front of me in the holiday shopping rush?)
I don’t use my back bumper for political and religious messages, but while stuck in traffic I appreciate having something to read that doesn’t take my eyes off the road too [...]

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Jonathan Edwards (not the one running for President)

My friend is publishing a new family magazine that you can view online here , and she asked me to write something about one of my favorite people: Jonathan Edwards. Most folks don’t know too much about this fascinating man who is important to us both in American history and in Church history. Here’s [...]

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Teddy Roosevelt on Mothering

So with the children. A hard and unloving mother does infinite harm to her children; but she does no more harm than the loving but weak and foolish mother who does not train the children to behave with respect for the feelings of others, who permits them to be selfish or cruel or thoughtless. I [...]

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