God is Holy
Courageous Grandparenting Blog Understanding and capturing the holiness of God is often beyond our grasp, making it challenging to describe. Knowing God is eternal and has dominion over everything is essential to our understanding of his holiness. God is holy. He was never created, but is the...
An Offering of Grace
Courageous Grandparenting Blog (How to Navigate Grief During the Holidays) The holidays can be grueling when we are navigating a world of grief. The season’s sights and sounds serve as painful reminders of our loss and subsequent suffering. Our Christmas memories turn bittersweet in the wake of our...
Always Make Room in Your Home for Jesus
Courageous Grandparenting Blog “Always make room in your home for Jesus, just as Mary and Martha did whenever he came by,” my wife Lois’s 104-year-old grandfather Carl exhorted us. We were engaged to be married at the time and traveled to Connecticut to meet the family patriarch. While Grandpa...
Thanksgiving Ideas to Disciple Grandchildren
Courageous Grandparenting Blog The celebration of Thanksgiving is an excellent time to pour into your grandchildren. Often, extended family gatherings occur and the day passes quickly without taking time to personally connect with grandchildren or intentionally pass on faith in Christ. The...
What Are Your True Colors?
Courageous Grandparenting Blog “Why do leaves change color in the fall?” A simple question from a young grandchild motivated this grandma to do some research. The not-so-simple scientific explanation that I shared: Plants appear green because of a substance called chlorophyll which is in abundance...
Tips for Dealing With Messy Family Holidays
Courageous Grandparenting Blog For grandparents whose families are affected by divorce, addiction, special needs, or dysfunctionality of any kind, holiday gatherings may look less like the Brady Bunch and more like the Adams Family. It might sometimes be tempting to ditch dinners with the kids in...
Celebrating Advent
Courageous Grandparenting Blog Dear Reader, Do you want to celebrate a more Christ-centered Christmas? Do you want to push back against the commercialism, which inundates our culture during the month of December? Allow me to introduce “Celebrating Advent: Resources for Thoughtfully Observing...
Ways to Cultivate a Spirit of Thankfulness
Courageous Grandparenting Blog As October draws to a close and we turn our attention toward Thanksgiving, we are faced with myriad questions. Do we want a fifteen-pound turkey or Cornish hens? Should we make cornbread or oyster dressing? Will our guests prefer to eat in the formal dining room or...
