Christian Grandparenting Blog

Stories from G@P participants A Grandmother in Oregon Shares: Praying for my grandchild has been a priority for me. However, last summer I was invited to a G@P prayer meeting. Praying with other grandparents has been an added blessing. We have shared our heart's desires [...]

In the midst of overwhelming tragedy, Job responds to the foolish ‘wisdom’ of his friends with a measure of sarcasm: “Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food? Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?” While [...]

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths… (Eph. 4:29) Have you ever noticed how political discussions have a way of bringing out the worst in people. Does the degree of verbal slander between candidates and the angry comments of much of [...]

We are fond of referring to our brave soldiers and service men and women as those who lay their lives on the line for us to defend our freedom. But do we know what freedom really means any more? If our grandchildren were to ask [...]

Last night I was visiting with a missionary from Ukraine and she was telling us that in their children’s program they are teaching the children to do random acts of kindness. It reminded me of when it was popular to do random acts of kindness [...]

As many of you may have learned from the Harvard cheating scandal recently, character is about more than following rules. Character has to do with the kind of person I want to be—or not want to be. It’s interesting how surprised many of the students [...]

You may have noticed that Christian Grandparenting Network has a passion to encourage and equip grandparents to pray for their grandchildren. Our mission is to challenge grandparents around the world to intentionally and regularly come together to pray, interceding for their grandchildren, children and communities. [...]

I had a situation a number of years ago where I was very frustrated and held resentment in my heart about a situation. I kept asking God why? After struggling for about a year with this resentment, the Lord directed me to the story of [...]