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7 Ways Adoptive and Foster Parents Can Survive and Thrive

Adoption and foster care can be so overwhelming that it takes all the focus and energy that parents can muster to survive and provide what they feel is best. Here are 7 ways to survive and even thrive.

5 Ways to Center Your Family Around Jesus This Christmas

Diann Cotton 3 min read

How do you teach your children that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus – in the midst of Santa, toys and the crazy holiday schedule? Here are 5 ways you can make Jesus the focus, and make it fun for the kids!

6 Ways To Reclaim Real Life In A World of Technology

Andy Crouch 7 min read

If we don’t learn to put technology, in all its forms, in its proper place, we will miss out on many of the best parts of life. Here are 6 guidelines to know when technology is helping rather than hurting.

How Cruciform Love Shapes Parenting

Paul Tripp 1 min read

Paul David Tripp uses 1 John 4 to define "cruciform" (in the shape of the cross) love and how it shapes the way we relate to our children.

3 Disciplines for Teaching Grace to Kids

Jared Kennedy 4 min read

Because Jesus came, kids can help shape the culture rather than being shaped by it. They can radiate with a new identity, one that’s not based in earning or deserving.

3 Ways Your Kids Can Help You Love Your Neighbors

John Murchison 2 min read

The command to love your neighbors can be easier to obey with your kids than without. Here are a few ways that children can help us know and love our neighbors.

3 Simple Ways To Keep Your Head Going Back to School

Matt Blackwell 4 min read

The coming wave of homework, deadlines, and meetings is daunting. And when that wave crashes, it can quickly wash away my good intentions to be more disciplined in the things that matter.

5 Things to Consider When Sending Your Student Off to College

Chad Kincer 6 min read

For many parents, sending their children off to college for the first time can be a time of intense emotions. If you’re a parent in this season of life, here are 5 things to consider as you send your student off to college.

The Importance of Marriage

Verge Network 1 min read

A Matt Chandler interview about marriage and it's real cultural significance that should encourage the people of God to speak to our world in love regarding this issue.

How To Extend The Grace God Has Given Your Family

Caesar Kalinowski 2 min read

God’s original hope and intention for people–all people–that their lives and families would show the world what he is really like. You may not have been raised this way, but the next best time to begin...is now.

Five Tips for a Successful Daddy Daughter Date

John Murchison 1 min read

God calls himself a Father, so the way a dad loves his daughter is a big influence on how that young woman will feel about God for her whole life.

Who Is Your Child?

Anna Sargeant 4 min read

God uniquely designed your kids to reflect certain aspects of His nature. What does this mean for your parenting?

The Santa Question

John Murchison 3 min read

No matter how your family celebrates Christmas, you will have to face “the Santa question” at some point.

Walking Through the Old Testament with Your Family this Christmas

John Murchison 1 min read

Walking our children through the Old Testament and showing how it all points to Jesus helps them understand why the birth of a baby boy in Bethlehem is such a big deal.

One Simple Activity To Increase Your Family’s Thankfulness This Thanksgiving

John Murchison 1 min read

Here's a simple activity to help your family remember God's goodness to you throughout the year.

When Is Safe Too Safe?

Kim Blackaby 3 min read

In our godly desire to keep our kids safe, have we also kept our children from following Jesus wherever he might lead them?

How To Tell If Your Child Is Ready For Baptism

John Murchison 2 min read

While a child's desire to get baptized is always an occasion to rejoice, it's important for parents to discern when is the right time to celebrate this important step in every Christian's life.

Our Closest, Forgotten Mission Field

Ben Connelly 5 min read

The largest group of not-yet-believers we may ever interact with lives under our own roofs.

Instilling Identity In Your Kids This Halloween

John Murchison 4 min read

However you decide to lead your family this Halloween, chances are your kids will be jealous of what some of their friends get to do that they can't participate in. How can you respond with truth and love?

Halloween Is Not Important

Jessica Thompson 2 min read

To trick-or-treat or not to trick-or-treat—that is the question. Parents everywhere are weighing the pros and cons of taking part in the impending Halloween holiday. Here's some much-needed perspective.

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5 Ways to Center Your Family Around Jesus This Christmas

7 Ways Adoptive and Foster Parents Can Survive and Thrive

5 Ways to Center Your Family Around Jesus This Christmas

6 Ways To Reclaim Real Life In A World of Technology

How Cruciform Love Shapes Parenting

3 Disciplines for Teaching Grace to Kids

3 Ways Your Kids Can Help You Love Your Neighbors

3 Simple Ways To Keep Your Head Going Back to School

5 Things to Consider When Sending Your Student Off to College

The Importance of Marriage

How To Extend The Grace God Has Given Your Family

Five Tips for a Successful Daddy Daughter Date

Who Is Your Child?

The Santa Question

Walking Through the Old Testament with Your Family this Christmas

One Simple Activity To Increase Your Family’s Thankfulness This Thanksgiving

When Is Safe Too Safe?

How To Tell If Your Child Is Ready For Baptism

Our Closest, Forgotten Mission Field

Instilling Identity In Your Kids This Halloween

Halloween Is Not Important

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