Christian Grandparenting Blog

KEY #2: A COMMITMENT TO FERVENT PRAYER Could you not keep watch with me for one hour? (Matt. 26:40) Today our nation is focused on remembering the thousands of innocent lives lost in the events of September 11, 2001. Ten years ago today four planes...

“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.” (Ps. 25:9) It’s a dangerous trap for older adults, including grandparents, to think they know better than the younger generations, especially when it comes to raising children. After...

The birth of a first grandchild is one of the greatest moments of life. You remember that moment—a moment when you awoke to the reality that grandparent was not a four-letter word! In fact, at that moment it felt like nothing could be grander. Now...

“The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4 Have you ever been frustrated by certain special interest groups who seem to get their way most of the...

“Even when I am old and gray…I declare Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.” Psalm 71:18 In 2007 Michelle Rhee became Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, one of the worst school systems in...

“I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone…” I Timothy 2:1 My pastor once asked the question, “if tomorrow every reference to prayer in the Bible mysteriously disappeared, would anything...

“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” I John 1:8 “I believe children are born good. Children learn about sin from other adults.” This new mother was adamant about her feelings. She would not accept the...

“Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matt. 18:14 The senseless and savage murders of more than 90 people, mostly children, in Oslo, Norway last Friday generated intense emotions in all of us. Anger,...

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity [fear], but of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 These are uncertain times, about that you can be certain. Washington and the mainstream media seem determined to feed on all the...

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 A high school assembly program included three military recruiters, each assigned fifteen minutes to speak. The Navy and Army recruiters each...