If only I had had the wisdom then to spare my son the pride I felt in his innate talent. My focus on his musical gifts was exasperating to him over the years, and it was a long time before that light bulb came on in my head.
Because of the Scriptural truth they declare, hymns are worth becoming a part of our musical repertoire.
Coming under the mighty hand of God may sound scary, until we remember who our God is.
Remind your kids about all of the things that have NOT changed and will not change. Namely, the character of God has not changed, and His purposes will not be frustrated.
If you had to summarize your family culture in a two or three-word slogan, what would it be? Here is the slogan I chose for our family: Jesus-loving sinners.
Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I was trained classically on the piano, but my dad exposed us to a variety of music growing up. The speakers blared everything…
Here’s why boredom can be good and even healthy for our kids both spiritually and intellectually.
I’m pretty certain that if my 17-year-old self of 1994 were alive in 2020, I could be in serious trouble because of racial sin in my life. When I recall views I had or some comments I made…
When the Bible talks about exasperating our kids (Ephesians 6:4), the reality is that living vicariously through them, or trying to form them into the people we think they should be, directly contradicts what the Bible says about how we should view our children.
