Christian Grandparenting Blog

“…and be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 Where there is a thankful heart, there is a content heart. In a time when our society and our kids have so much and it’s still not enough, we are faced with the challenge of how to figure out ways [...]

I know my parents and grandparents stood in the gap for me with prayer. When I was a child, it was a daily routine in the evening before bedtime to read the Bible and pray together. My grandmother lived with us and I remember my [...]

When a grandmother brought her grandson to GrandCamp several summers ago, she was concerned about her grandson’s spiritual welfare and determined to do all she could to give him a chance to know Christ. She was not going to allow her grandson to go through [...]

By Opal Ashenbrenner “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16 KJV).   Once when four-year old Brooke was spending the day with me, she painted a little plastic [...]

I’ve heard too many tragic stories of grandparents being shut off from their grandchildren by one or both of the children’s parents. Some might have been prevented, but many are simply outside the grandparents’ control. When that happens, the tragedy is that, like divorce, the [...]

Whether attempting to predict tomorrow’s weather accurately or forecasting short-term and long-term financial markets, few predictions men make can be depended upon. But there are some predictions that are certain—you can take it to the bank that these will still be as certain in 2011 [...]

Isn’t it amazing that we have just completed the first decade of the twenty first century? We may ask ourselves “Where has it gone?” or “What have I accomplished in this decade?” When you look back over the last ten years how have you seen [...]

During 2010, I have been doing a Bible study, The Praying Life, by Jennifer Kennedy Dean that has given me a deeper understanding of the purpose of prayer and the process of prayer. The key to prayer is not asking God for my desires but [...]