Activities – cancelled. Vacations – cancelled. Even simple dinner parties with friends – cancelled. With COVID-19 continuing to dominate our headlines and our minds, parents have found themselves with more time with their children. Families are riding out…
Last October when I wrote an article to parents of seniors, I had no idea March 13 would be my son’s last day of high school, that he would finish the year alone, online, in my den, wearing…
I don’t know about you, but I think I’ve been in denial about what COVID-19 means as this year’s seniors transition out of our youth ministries. I have been grieving with them over canceled proms and graduations, the…
Teenagers have the clearest sense of the way the world should be. They are perhaps most naturally equipped to pray with righteous anger – and they need to pray angry.
We have all complained that we don’t have enough time for family devotions with our children. Parents, ask yourself this: how can you make the most of this time? I’ve found that many Christ-following parents simply aren’t sure…
Dealing with the reality of the covid-19 pandemic has no doubt brought a rise of fear and anxiety both nationally and globally: anxiety over uncertain job security and economic stability, and fear for our health and for our…
In the Corona-Crisis, many parents have encountered the most challenging season of their parenting lives. The economic and healthcare uncertainties have created fear. Normal sources of childcare, like school and daycare, have gone away, leaving parents scrambling to…
Today we are eager to address one of the greatest challenges parents have faced during the coronavirus pandemic: millions of parents across the globe have found themselves partnering with their children’s schools to educate students at home. It’s…
I was talking with a friend recently who expressed anxiety about the next several weeks, and I immediately empathized expressing my own concern over the pandemic. She interrupted my spewing of random medical statistics and said, “Oh, honey….
