Christian Grandparenting Blog

GrandCamp does not necessarily mean "camping" away from home. Sometimes grandchildren are happy to spend a day or weekend "camping out" for fun with grandparents who plan some good, godly time together.

"It is what it is!" Usually, these words are spoken reluctantly when a situation is far from ideal. When we say it, we are often resigning ourselves to the inevitability of our present circumstances. As followers of Christ, our response should be: "It is what it isn’t!"

The concept of God’s care and compassion is a central theme throughout the Bible. Although the Scriptures - and Jesus as well - refer to God as “Father”, there are numerous examples of God demonstrating nurturing, caring attributes similar to those of a mother.

Bridging the scriptural gap does not mean preaching at grandchildren or forcing faith into every conversation. It means standing in the space between biblical truth and everyday life, helping children connect God’s Word to their questions, fears, hopes, and daily experiences.

Recently, I programmed my phone's GPS to guide me to a specific location, and somehow I ended up with two AI women giving me directions at the same time. To make things more confusing, they weren’t giving me the same directions. This experience reminds us that many "voices" compete for our grandchildren’s attention. Some voices impart truth; others don’t.

Most of us also remember what it felt like when our own parents interfered in our parenting. We didn’t appreciate it then—and our kids won’t now. So how do we stay involved without overstepping?

Bread baking is one of my favorite pastimes. It began when my mother first introduced me to the art of yeasted breadmaking. Back then, I had to climb up onto a chair to reach the counter. I loved standing there with my mother’s arms wrapped [...]

During biblical times in the Jewish religious life and sacrificial system, lambs were sacrificed daily to atone for the sins of the people. The lambs used in these sacrifices had to be spotless, without blemish or defects as they symbolized perfect, blameless purity. They foreshadowed what the prophet Isaiah told of the coming One who would be brought “like a lamb to the slaughter”.