by Joan MetzgerThis morning I woke up in a cold sweat. My heart pounded, and I gasped for breath. Like Pac-Man, I was being chased, not by a ghost, but by a computer geek. “Your ‘grandmother board’ is obsolete,” he jeered. “It needs to be...
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closelyso that you do not forget. (Deut. 4:9) Which is easiest to remember—the positive things that have happened to you, or the negative, painful things? We have a propensity as human being to remember the negative things...
URGENT! Millions join to prayr for our Nation on May 3, 2012 As praying grandparents, it is especially important that we unite in prayer with millions of other believers to pray for our nation. The decisions that are made today in our nation will affect our children...
Happy New Year 2010 Lessons from Queen Esther By Lillian Penner In Esther, chapter four we read that when Haman made a decree to kill all the Jews of Susa because Mordecai would not bow down to him, Mordecai asked his niece, Queen Esther to go to the king, beg...
Enjoy these touching grandparenting stories. storiesOur four children, their spouses and our ten grandchildren are literally spread around the world. One son and family live and work in Muscat, Oman; another son and family teach in Quito Ecuador; one daughter...
I will make every effort to see that after my departureyou will always be able to remember these things. 2 Peter 1:15 What do tattoos and intentional grandparents have in common? Valerie Bell, CEO of Awana, addressed 800 grandparents last week at the...
“The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, But a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.” Proverbs 15:4 Lord, You have shown us that our words truly can bring healing to hurting individuals. I pray that my grandchild will learn to use truthful and...
Examining the forlorn, misshapen tree standing in the snow on the cover of a book I was reading last week called Grandma’s Christmas Legacy, I was reminded of the Christmas tree we had at my house when I was a child. When I was six years old, my parents did not have...
Cavin Harper, CGN Executive DirectorIt is no secret that today, millions of grandchildren in this country are raised by their grandparents. In an ideal world, stable, loving parents raise their kids in their own homes while grandparents provide a supportive and more...
Traditions for the sake of tradition tend toward irrelevance. However, traditions rooted in meaning and purpose, when observed with intentionality and some measure of creativity, can be transformational. Advent is one of those traditions. It is also one often...