Christian Grandparenting Blog

The Ruebenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name:A Witness Between Us that the Lord is GodJoshua 22:34 Preparing for Thanksgiving usually involves a lot work. Just ask Mom and/or Grandma. So, is it worth all that effort if it’s nothing more than ‘Turkey [...]

I have only met one grandparent who told me he had no desire to stay connected with his grandchildren. With that attitude, I suspect his grandchildren felt the same about him. Fortunately, most grandparents really do want to connect with their grandchildren. They want to [...]

I was in my forties when I got my first cell phone. It was a flip phone and I thought it was cool. It reminded me of the communicators Captain Kirk and Commander Spock carried with them in the Star Trek series. My phone really [...]

Who wouldn’t want their kids and grandkids to be safe? As parents, and grandparents, we all want to do what we can to protect our kids from the unnecessary dangers of life in a fallen world. But is their safety what we really want? Is [...]

When you held your first grandchild in your arms, what dreams and aspirations did you have for that child? Like most parents, grandparents often dream grand plans of what this child could become. Will he or she be a great athlete? Will he be President [...]

Today’s blog is a departure from my usual weekly posts. I want to share with you a few exciting opportunities being developed at CGN to help raise up intentional, courageous grandparents who are showing their grandchildren what it means to know, love and serve Christ [...]

Travis is a good friend and an avid, skilled fly-fisherman. I’m not much a fisherman myself, but I do enjoy an occasional trip to the mountains to try my hand at it. So Travis took me out one time to show me some of the [...]

“Teach me Your way, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth…”  Ps. 86:11a I remember a story not long ago about a student who was told by his principal and two teachers at his middle school that he was not allowed to wear [...]