Christian Grandparenting Blog

  • Cavin Harper

    July 3, 2020

    I really thrilled to share with you the exciting news of CGN reaching a new milestone in ministry impact as God leads us forward to reach yet another generation with the Gospel. I have been doing this work for more than two decades now, and [...]

  • Cavin Harper

    June 13, 2020

    Nothing is More Important Than Praying for My Grandchildren Immediately after 911, I remember churches all over the land filling with people crying out to God. Now those same churches are all but empty when a church prayer meeting is scheduled. Today, as we find [...]

  • Cavin Harper

    June 12, 2020

    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 [...]

  • Cavin Harper

    June 6, 2020

    (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 have passed by like [...]

  • Cavin Harper

    May 29, 2020

    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 [...]

  • Cavin Harper

    May 16, 2020

    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 yourselves closely”. I like [...]

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    Cavin Harper

    May 2, 2020

    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, but I [...]

  • Cavin Harper

    April 18, 2020

    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 matters if [...]