He still calls her “Sweetie”! My wife, Gladine, and I were enjoying our visit with our friends, Ray and Rosemary. They are well into their 90s and married an incredible 75 years. Our conversation was enjoyable, but what really caught our attention was how this long-married couple spoke to each...
Here’s a heart-searching exercise: Imagine that you have passed away, and the pastor presiding at your funeral asks your now-adult grandchildren to give a testimony at the funeral about the impact you had on their lives. What will your grandchildren say at your funeral? What do you hope they...
“What do you say?” As grandparents, we may find ourselves often prompting our young grandchildren to say those two little words: “Thank you.” Perhaps you’ve taken them out to lunch and encouraged them to express appreciation to the server. Maybe you’re keeping them for the afternoon and a younger...
Praise God for godly grandmothers. How many Christians have given testimony of the influence their godly grandmother had on their lives? But, hey, what about us grandfathers? How can we Christian grandfathers also impact the coming generations with the Gospel of Christ? When our grandchildren...
Are our prayers for our grandchildren too small? Don’t most of us focus the bulk of our requests on our grandchildren’s health and happiness? You know, “And Lord, please give my grandchild a good day and keep her safe.” There’s nothing necessarily wrong with asking God to make our grandchildren...
We were still putting things away from this year’s Grandcamp when we started talking about what we could do for next year’s Grandcamp. It had been a great week. Though we were tired, we were happy and grateful. This had been our fourth year of hosting our grandkids for five days of enjoying “Lots...
“But I’m not a Bible teacher! I’ve never been to seminary!” Take heart, my fellow grandparent. By God’s grace, the Lord could use you to have memory-making, life-shaping Bible studies with your grandchildren. Let’s break down this idea of how to do Bible studies with your grandchildren into...
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