In my conversations and emails, I find that many grandparents are grieving for their grandchildren who are not walking in the ways of the Lord, but are following the deception of the enemy who is trying to steal the hearts of our dear grandchildren. Jesus says, “The thief (enemy) comes only...
Who wouldn’t want their kids and grandkids to be safe? As parents, and grandparents, we all want to do what we can to protect our kids from the unnecessary dangers of life in a fallen world. But is their safety what we really want? Is it truly in their best interest to coddle them and keep...
Guest Writer, Janet Teitsort Cast all your anxiety upon him because he cares for you. –I Peter 5:7 The old adage “The only thing certain about life is change itself” is so true. But focus on the positive instead of the negative. View technology as a blessing instead of something too hard to learn....
Today’s blog is a departure from my usual weekly posts. I want to share with you a few exciting opportunities being developed at CGN to help raise up intentional, courageous grandparents who are showing their grandchildren what it means to know, love and serve Christ wholeheartedly. Being a...
The Grandparent’s Day of Prayer is only 5 weeks away so it is time to plan how you are going to get two, six, ten or a group of grandparents together to pray for your grandchildren. On the Christian Grandparenting website in the Prayer Coordinator Guide under the Day of Prayer tab, you will find...
Travis is a good friend and an avid, skilled fly-fisherman. I’m not much a fisherman myself, but I do enjoy an occasional trip to the mountains to try my hand at it. So Travis took me out one time to show me some of the basics of fly-fishing. I learned it’s a lot more than knowing how...
During the summer months, many families have reunions, and some grandchildren get to spend a week in the home of their grandparents or the grandparents get to take their grandchildren to a GrandCamp hosted by Christian Grandparents Network. However, if you run out of ideas to interact and...
“Teach me Your way, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth…” Ps. 86:11a I remember a story not long ago about a student who was told by his principal and two teachers at his middle school that he was not allowed to wear a t-shirt he had on because it was...
I have vivid images from my childhood of my grandparents on their knees with other adults, including my parents, praying for the lost. They weren't at church. They were in each other's homes. While we children played outside n good weather, they were inside on their knees in fervent preayer....
Today is National Grandparents’ Day in the United States. In lieu of my regular blog, I want to use this opportunity to acknowledge the vital role you play as a grandparent and bless you: May you receive the honor and praise due you, especially you who are faithfully living out a legacy...
Pray for Protection and Victory in the Battlefields of Life “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the whole armor of God so that you may take your stand against the devil’s schemes” (Ephesians 6:10, 11). A grandfather understands the nature of warfare and that our...
You may never be a perfect grandparent, but you can be a praying grandparent! Even our Lord made prayer a regular habit. Prayer was important enough to Him that He even taught His disciples how to pray as well. So, if prayer is important enough that the Son of God practiced it, why would...
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