Christian Grandparenting Blog

As we are in the autumn season, I was reminded of my childhood, growing up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma. In the summer after the wheat harvest, my father would prepare the soil for the next year’s harvest and in the autumn, he would [...]

Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth;give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name. Psalm 86:11 Several weeks ago we looked at the ten percent unshakable belief factor that determines what belief system a particular society [...]

Have you thought about praying for the many adults who influence your grandchildren? Are the adults involved in your grandchildren’s lives good role models? Adults who have influence on them may be their other grandparents, teachers, principal, coaches, carpool or bus drivers, Sunday school teachers, [...]

“I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” Ephesians 4:1 Have you seen the t-shirt that reads, Grandpa’s To-Do List:1) Load up grandkids with sugar; 2) Send them home? While it is humorous, this caricature of grandparenting is, sadly, [...]

“The righteous man is cautious in friendship,For the way of the wicked leads them astray”(Proverbs 12:26). The friends of our grandchildren can have a great impact on their lives especially when they get to school and in their teenage years. Their peers and education influence [...]

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7) I wonder how many Christian grandparents today could be described as audacious (bold, fearless, uninhibited, inventive). I run into many grandparents who [...]

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 [...]

Today is Grandparent’s Day of Prayer I hope you had the opportunity to pray with other grandparents for each other’s grandchildren. It is always a blessing when we can share our joys and our burdens with other believers. We are living in challenging times in [...]