Christian Grandparenting Blog

  • Thunderbirds

    Cavin Harper

    May 27, 2017

    Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. –James 1:4 I learned a new word this past week from my Finnish friends, Glenn and Sandra Havumaki. The word is “sisu”. This uniquely Finnish word is difficult to [...]

  • Baton Pass

    Cavin Harper

    May 14, 2017

    [It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Dr. Larry McCall, a new friend I met this year who has been such a blessing to me. I know he will be to you too. Larry is Founder and Director of Walking Like Jesus Ministries and author of [...]

  • Grandmother Granddaughter

    Cavin Harper

    May 11, 2017

    Her children rise and call her blessed… (Prov. 31:28)   There are grandmothers, and there are grand mothers. It doesn’t require a PhD to realize that were it not for the millions of faithful grandmothers in our lives who have graciously modeled Christlikeness to their [...]

  • Easter Trappings

    Cavin Harper

    April 15, 2017

    TRAPPINGS…?   …OR TRUTH? For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: That Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to [...]

  • PHOTO WBAUSCHS 2

    Cavin Harper

    April 8, 2017

    “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 4 The teacher asked her class to say why they believed in God. There were a variety of answers from “I don’t know” to “I just believe [...]

  • what is high speed luke

    Cavin Harper

    April 1, 2017

    “So is my Word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but… will achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”  (Isaiah 55:11)  What grandparent wouldn’t love knowing their grandchildren are getting into God’s Word more? I know I [...]

  • HISTORY

    Cavin Harper

    March 25, 2017

    “I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.” 2 Pet. 1:15 There is a pervasive attitude among many in the modern world that discounts the value of anything from the past for the [...]

  • Words Have Power

    Cavin Harper

    March 10, 2017

    “A healing tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it crushes the spirit.”  Prov. 15:4 (NASB) While a student at Denver Seminary (a very long time ago), then president Dr. Vernon Grounds, made an indelible impression upon this young, naïve seminarian. Dr. Grounds [...]