Several months ago, our church held a Missions Night. There were all the usual presentations for missions trips to third-world countries, but then there was an organization that stood out from the rest. It was an organization that ministers to the public schools. I applaud them for recognizing that our nation's schools have become spiritual battlegrounds, in a sense. The video they presented was shocking, full of troubling statistics on the number of children bullied, engaged in promiscuous behavior and violence, using drugs & alcohol, and failing classes. It seemed like the video, intended to show that schools need to be evangelized because of just how bad they've become, also showed exactly why our kids have no business being ... Read More...
8 Ways To Raise Spiritually Minded Kids
When I was pregnant with my first child 9 years ago, a popular song on the radio was Kenny Chesney's Don't Blink. In fact the morning I had the appointment to confirm my pregnancy, the nurse said, "Don't blink. Before you know it, your child will be this age," pointing to a picture of her two grown children. She was right. It seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital, and in six months that baby will turn nine. Every time I go in his room, I think "it won't be long before he trades in all his matchbox cars and stuffed animals for more grown up boy stuff." And my mama heart just hurts a little at the thought. My five-year-old is turning into a young lady before my eyes. I know she'll be a teenager before I ... Read More...
Top 6 Apologetics Resources For Young Kids
*Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. That means if you choose to make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission that helps support this ministry. As Christian parents, we want our kids to have a firm foundation for their faith before the world tries to chip away at it. Research by the Barna Group has shown that in the overwhelming majority of adults, their moral and spiritual foundations were already in place by age nine. In order to encourage our children to walk with the Lord for a lifetime, we must intentionally disciple them, and discipleship means helping them to think through what they believe and why. The harsh reality is that someone else at school or in the media will show our ... Read More...
Raising Faithful Kids: Trusting The Provider Not The Provision
Yesterday we drove almost two hours up to Tulsa to see a neurologist for my seven-year-old. Our son developed a tic last month, and the appointment was a sobering reminder that we are powerless as parents to control everything that goes on in the lives of our children. The good news, the doctor told us, is that our kid's involuntary movements aren't serious. The consultation revealed that this is an otherwise completely healthy, normal boy. His tic may go away on its own, or it may last his whole life, but either way it's only something that might possibly cause embarrassment in social situations and not interfere with daily activities. It was a great relief. On the drive home, it struck me that while we can certainly handle something ... Read More...
Why Sheltering Your Kids is a Good Thing
As Christian parents we often live in the tension between protecting our children from secular influences, yet not wanting to shelter them so much that they can't live out in the "real world". We either end up parenting out of fear and legalism, or going to the opposite extreme of allowing our children to be submerged in a worldly culture before their faith has fully matured. It's true that children who have accepted Jesus as their Savior are salt and light, just like adults. Because of their nature though, kids are extremely vulnerable to ruination when they are exposed repeatedly to anti-biblical influences. Matthew 5:13-16 says that in order to maintain a witness, we must be set apart and distinct, like that city or light on a ... Read More...
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