Christian Grandparenting Blog

Grandparents want to see their grandchildren grow up and become successful. For Christian grandparents, we understand that success is not measured by career or financial accomplishments as much as integrity of character and contentment in Christ and His purposes. The Apostle John said it well [...]

Last week I looked at qualities of a matriarch who we might not always associate with a typical concept of a matriarch. Contrary to a typical image of a strong, outgoing personality, I used my aunt as an example. She was a very quiet person, [...]

When you hear the words patriarch or matriarch, what comes to mind? Old? Powerful? Influential? Those are things we often associate with these terms. By definition a patriarch or matriarch is the man or woman who is the oldest in a family or tribe, and [...]

GRANDPAUSE: As iron sharpen iron, so one man sharpens another. Prov. 27:17 If you have ever watched an experienced blacksmith perform his trade, you cannot escape the power of iron sharpening iron. From the furnace a red-hot strap of iron is pulled, laid on an [...]

It’s not uncommon to hear people talk about wanting to change the world—whatever that may mean. The truth is that change happens when hearts are changed, one heart at a time. That’s the lesson of A Call to Grandparenting: Lessons Learned on Papa’s Pond by [...]

  “Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matt. 18:14 Three years ago Anders Breivik at a summer camp in Oslo, Norway senselessly and savagely murdered sixty-nine people, mostly children. He did it to make a [...]

  The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16 There was a saying among Jews that “he who prays surrounds his house with a wall stronger than iron.” James says much the same thing. There is power and great effect because [...]

“The Father is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.”  Matt. 18:14 I’ve often said that one of my heroes of the faith is a man named Caleb–a man willing to risk it all because he believed God. I love how [...]