Grandparenting Today’s Teens with Expert Mark Gregston
Author Mark Gregston has been working with teens for over 40 years. His years as a youth minister and area director for Young Life Along with his wife Jan, they have opened their home to those in need of guidance, or even just a warm hug from a caring parent. After moving their family to […]
The Heart of a Princess
“Mommy?” “Yes, dear?” “Does this dress make me look like a princess?” A long pause ensues. It was a Sunday morning and I was busy trying to get myself ready. I had allowed myself to sleep in a little longer than I normally do and at this point I was greatly regretting it. My husband […]
Marjorie Dannenfelser: Life is Winning
Pro-Choice Republican Marjorie Dannenfelser’s father was in the Army and got his degree in medicine. After years of moving, the family wanted to plant some roots and decided to settle down in Greenville, NC where her father opened a private practice as a dermatologist. Marjorie’s mother went back to college and finished her master’s degree in […]
Feed Your Faith, Not Your Doubts
Have you ever noticed that when you focus on one specific problem in your life, the normal things you deal with every day tend to fade into the background? For example, not too long ago, multiple warning lights on my car’s dashboard popped on during a road trip I was taking with my wife and […]
Shaping Your Child Into a Spiritual Warrior
The stats suggest that well more than half of young people will leave the Church after they leave their childhood Christian home. I’m convinced that the major reason for this is a lack of learned and modeled engagement in the deeper spiritual life on the part of parents and kids. Mom and dad, you and […]
Don’t Miss the Monumental Moments
My nearly fifteen year old son learning to drive is unnerving my peace of mind. “Dad,” he said to me from behind the steering wheel, “You’re actually really terrified aren’t you?” It must have been my stomping the invisible break petal on the passenger side floorboard that gave it away! We all look forward to […]
How to Make Marriage a Place of Healing
Christina and I have counseled couples in crisis, couples in premarital times, couples who’d grown distant, and everything in between. Over these past twenty years of marriage and ministry, we’ve realized that with all the hurts of life, for marriage to last, the marriage relationship must be a healing place. Here are 4 ways […]
Wanted: Hero Husbands | CBN.com
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn from him.” A man after God’s heart must be a man who is ever increasing in his capacity to be filled with and to pour out God’s love. Humility. Connectedness to Christ. Willingness to sacrifice for the […]
Crayon Box Families | CBN.com
We weren’t looking to adopt another child. We already had four young kids in tow. Our adopted daughter fell into our lives through a series of circumstances too long and complex to describe here. It was God’s doing. We are missionaries to Haiti and when you invest your life in a foreign culture it doesn’t […]
Fathering Like the Father You Never Had
For a man to have real children is easy enough. For children to have a real father is another matter entirely. Growing up fatherless left gaps in me. It does for everyone. Whether your dad was steeped in addiction, an absentee, or just ill-equipped, here are 5 key lessons I’ve acquired over the years. They are […]