Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you… Do you ever struggle with questions of faith—questions like, “Is Christianity really true?” or, “What difference does it make in my life to believe the resurrection really happened?” My guess...
If you are like most grandparents, you tend to worry about your grandchildren’s safety. So many things can happen to them, like injuries, sickness, abduction or etc. As grandparents, we are not only concerned about their physical safety, but also their emotional and spiritual safety. The...
God’s Gift of Intercessory Prayer by Lillian Penner This month we will honor our Veterans who sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy in our nation. I would like to share a testimony of a friend whose husband was deployed in the Middle East. I hope it will help you see the need to support our troops...
Did you know that research has found tea may aid in achieving a long and healthy life? USA Today reported (10/7/2007) that research points to tea’s “5,000-year track record of safety…drinking tea can’t hurt, and most likely, it can help. Here’s a great opportunity to contribute to your personal...
7 POWERFUL WAYS TO BE A GRANDPARENT WHO MATTERS If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Matthew 18:6 I hear comments like these about grandparents more often...
The last months have been very busy and hectic for me so my life felt weighed down and cluttered. However, I have been focusing on getting my life, home, and grandparenting ministry in order. We are often weighed down with clutter in our lives, focusing on the many petty tasks before us. However,...
Grandparents love to give gifts at Christmas to their grandchildren, who always love to receive them. Admittedly, we can be guilty sometimes of spending rather lavishly on gifts for our grandchildren. According to GRAND magazine there are over 70 million grandparents in the US, so imagine how much...
Do you believe grandparents matters—or should matter? Grandparents stand in a unique position of being the second most powerful potential spiritual influencers in a child’s life. Only parents possess a higher potential influence. Since 1998 the Christian Grandparenting Network has...
Recently I received this blog “Five Reasons Grandparents must get on Facebook” written by Megan DeFilippo. I want to share this blog with you since many grandparents have expressed they find it difficult to connect and relate to their teenage grandchildren. This blog may answer some of your...
We are living in challenging times shaken by the unrest in the world around us. It seems like our world is sinking further into moral and spiritual depravity as we listen to the news. As grandparents, we fear for our grandchildren. The media-driven culture is trying to desensitize them and many of...
I recently read about Adam LaRoche’s sudden decision to retire from Major League Baseball after he was informed by the Chicago White Sox that his 14-year-old son, Drake, could no longer accompany him to the club house every day. Adam walked away from $13 million he would have been guaranteed...
Recently I had the privilege of visiting a Grandparents@Prayer (G@P) group in Branson, MO. It was such a blessed time as we prayed together for our grandchildren. I am pleased that there are many G@P groups seeing the urgency of meeting together to pray for their grandchildren. We now have a...
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