Christian Grandparenting Blog
Cavin Harper
June 27, 2015
GrandPause: Liberty is God’s gift; liberties the devil’s.(German proverb) Abraham Lincoln used the wolf and the sheep to illustrate the conundrum people often face when it comes to the application of liberty. The shepherd, Mr. Lincoln noted, drives the wolf from the sheep, for which [...]
Cavin Harper
June 18, 2015
GrandPause: Honor your parents because God said so—no matter what age you are. –James MacDonald If we take the Bible seriously (you do, right?), then we know that finding a way to honor our parents, no matter who they have been, no matter what they [...]
Cavin Harper
June 13, 2015
MEANS #3: PREPARING YOUR GRANDCHILDREN FOR ADULTHOOD GrandPause: May the Lord bless you and keep you… and give you peace (Num.6:24-26) Obviously, the ideal scenario for preparing and equipping our grandchildren for adulthood is a strong, healthy alliance with our adult children. I believe that [...]
Cavin Harper
June 6, 2015
GrandPause: Faith and works are like the light and heat of a candle; they cannot be separated.Author Unknown I am absolutely convinced that no matter how a good a job parents or grandparents do, there are still no guarantees our children and grandchildren will walk [...]
Cavin Harper
May 29, 2015
GrandPause: When a village fails to initiate its boys into manhood, those same boys will burn down the village just to feel the heat. (Old African Proverb) Have you noticed how often ‘village burnings’ are occurring in our society these days? Besides the obvious examples [...]
Cavin Harper
May 21, 2015
GrandPause: Prayer is the command center for our warfare. –C. Harper Prayer is easy to talk about, but not as consistently practiced by many Christians. Is that because we don’t really believe that prayer is important? After all, we can’t see God and so talking [...]
Cavin Harper
May 16, 2015
GrandPause: The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness. R. C. Sproul Only one of the Ten Commandments comes with a promise attached to it: “Honor your father and mother so that you may live long in the land.” God must [...]
Cavin Harper
May 9, 2015
GrandPause: Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Proverbs 31:28 Peter was diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer and told he would not live out the year. As a dad of three young girls, the news was [...]
