Experiencing the Hesed of God
Courageous Grandparenting Blog I recently led a women’s retreat in which I began with a simple question: “In one word, how would you describe the character of God?” These precious women hollered out answers faster than I could record them on a white board. They listed: “love, peace, grace,...
De-cluttering My Life for Christmas
Courageous Grandparenting Blog “O come, let us adore Him ….” Christmas music greeted me in late November as I entered the grocery store. I was shopping for my family Thanksgiving dinner. As much as I delighted in these favorite songs, I was not ready to hear them. The key word is...
Bless Your Grandchild This Season
Courageous Grandparenting Blog Do you remember the day you learned your first grandchild was coming? Like most grandparents, my initial response was joy, followed by emotions that bounced from exhilaration to a deep conviction of the responsibilities that come with raising a child. How about you?...
The Fiery Tongue Syndrome: Preventive Measures
Courageous Grandparenting Blog My previous post, Fiery Tongue Syndrome: 3 Primary Components, identified the elements required to ignite and spread a fire of the tongue and spread destruction. We may be left wondering how to keep our tongues from setting blazes (as described in James 3:5 (NASB). As...
Fruit of the Spirit: Sharing God’s Promise of Hope
Courageous Grandparenting Blog The fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) is the characteristic that is formed by the Holy Spirit and is the result of the Spirit’s presence in our life when we accept Christ as our savior. This inner fruit begins in the heart and affects our outward actions, our...
“Gracious” Gift Giving will Bless Your Family
Courageous Grandparenting Blog James 1:17 – Every good and perfect gift is from above. . . You might be surprised to see a blog for grandparents on giving gifts to their grandchildren. After all, wouldn’t that be like offering suggestions to Rembrandt on how to paint or to Tiger Woods on how to...
Tips for Navigating Grief During the Holidays
Courageous Grandparenting Blog “Good grief…” We’d recognize that character, his voice and quintessential catchphrase, anywhere. It’s Charlie Brown, the character brought to life by Charles Schultz through his syndicated comic strip, Peanuts. You may even have a soft spot for Charlie Brown, who in...
Our Favorite Recipes for Thanksgiving Through the New Year
Courageous Grandparenting Blog The ladies at CGN love to cook, and we each have our go-to holiday favorites. So a few of us pulled out our aprons and dug through our recipe cards to find the ones our families look forward to the most. We are happy to share our joy with you, using some of our tested...
