How to Be a Mom in 2017: Make sure your children’s academic, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and social needs are met while being careful not to overstimulate, under stimulate, improperly medicate, helicopter or neglect them in…
We are all afflicted with a sinful will that tells us we can be, and should be, the masters of our own destinies. It is the greatest lie we believe, and Adam and Eve believed it even when…
In the little subdivision deep in the Atlanta suburbs where I grew up, there sat several gaudy wooden signs right outside the building office. These signs depicted what was, at the least, an idealistic vision of suburban life….
Follow along with us this week and next as we delve into various aspects of the book of Ecclesiastes, and the many ways it speaks to the life of the post-modern teenager. Stress. Anxiety. Depression. Sadly, these words…
“When despair grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be…” (from “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry) Peace. It’s…
When your child has left the faith, where is hope found? A pastoral look at parenting, discipleship, and grace for weary Christian parents.
For months on end my daughter complained of stress. Yes, there had been a few especially busy weeks but by the time spring of her senior year hit, I didn’t get it. This should have been the downhill…
A student of mine sent me a pretty ambiguous text yesterday: “Can I call you later?” This always puts me on edge a little because I never know what is coming. Did I offend him on Sunday night during my…
