Christian Grandparenting Blog

We have just finished celebrating the birth of Jesus. Now as we are putting our decorations and tree trimmings away it is a good time to think about his childhood?After his birth, we read about Mary and Joseph taking Jesus to the temple as required [...]

“The gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord”  Romans 6:23 We celebrate Christmas because God sent his son, Jesus to live on this earth, die for our sins, and give us the gift of eternal life. During this Christmas season as [...]

A grandparent's blessing is a special event for a child. More than just empty words, a real spiritual blessing can be a powerful milestone in a child's religious development. Nothing brings the generations together in unity like a formal blessing from one generation to the [...]

“Pray for each other so you may be healed.” James 5:16 Pray for the deployed troops during this Christmas season and their families. It’s hard to imagine how difficult it must be for them. Many military kids will miss their fathers or mothers during at [...]

The Lunger family in the Castro Valley area of California wants very much to find a Christian couple they could adopt as grandparents for their family of 8, preferably a couple who may not have grandchildren of their own. The need for adoptive grandparents in [...]

While most of us understand the dilemma of deciding which set of parents we will be spending time with at Christmas each year, imagine the struggle that millions of children and young adults will face this year who are the children of our no-fault divorce [...]

  “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 It’s important that our grandchildren see themselves as valuable and precious. The Christmas season is a good time to share with them [...]

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 [...]