Christian Grandparenting Blog
How Do You Talk About Injustice with Your Grandchildren?
My personal response to this question is to ask myself another question. Where is my own heart on the issue of injustice, and especially the racial injustice questions that are front and center in the public arena today? And how do I know my heart...
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My Life is Short, but My Legacy is Not!
(Lesson #4: Lessons I've Learned as a Grandparent.. and Am Still Learning) As a grandparent with grandchildren who are old enough to have children themselves, I am confronted daily with the reality of my mortality. More than seven decades of life...
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Lesson #3 I’ve Learned As a Grandparent
Creating a Safe Place is More Important Than Proving My Point It took me a while, but I now realize my grandchildren don’t need my ‘wisdom’ as much as they need the assurance that I’m a safe person with whom they can discuss the hard issues and not...
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Part Two: Lessons I’ve Learned as a Grandparent… and Am Still Learning
Moses made it very clear to the parents and grandparents of his day that they are both responsible for telling the next generations of God’s greatness and faithfulness. But he began this exhortation with this warning: “Only be careful and watch...
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Lessons I’ve Learned as a Grandparent… and Am Still Learning
Sometime ago I jotted down some of the lessons that God has been teaching me over the last two decades about intentional, biblical grandparenting. There are many lessons God has taught me or is still teaching me. I am sometimes a slower learner,...
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What’s a Grandparent To Do?
The lifestyle changes we have all been forced to adopt for ourselves in these last few weeks have made most of us, in locked down communities, at least in locked down communities, face a new kind of disconnectedness. For example, it no longer...
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Why Are You So Afraid?
You of little faith, why are you so afraid? -Matthew 8:26 Let’s face it, fear is a normal reality of human experience. When faced with the unknown, whether doing something we’ve never done before, or caught in something terrifying like a tornado,...
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Lessons from Staying at Home
Do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you;I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:10) It’s a new way of life for all of us—learning to deal with social-distancing and...
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What’s a Grandparent To Do?
The lifestyle changes we have all been forced to adopt for ourselves in these last few weeks have made most of us, in locked down communities, at least in locked down communities, face a new kind of disconnectedness. For example, it no longer...
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Let’s Keep Things in Perspective
I have you engraved on the palms of my hands… (Isaiah 49:16) Let’s be honest. These are trying times. The COVID-19 pandemic may be the first long-term communal crisis any of our grandchildren have ever experienced in their lives. Even those of us...
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