A Great Idea For Your G@P Group
Grandparent with a Purpose Blog From Grandmother, Candyce Trew, Melbourne, FL… As I was searching my bookshelves for a reference book to help me with a Bible study I was facilitating. A red hardbound book distracted me with my grandmother’s name embossed in gold on the binder. I had not looked...
A Thanksgiving Blessing for 2015
Courageous Grandparenting Blog Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner. All the preparations are under way, and we look forward to this time of celebration and feasting. As I mentioned last week, this is a time to remember God’s goodness and provisions. I hope some of you are making...OUR PRAYERS ARE LIKE SEEDS
Grandparent with a Purpose 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 sow the wheat seed. Throughout the...
Grandparents and Gift-Giving
Courageous Grandparenting Blog Many grandparents take a comment attitributed to Jesus by Paul that “it is better to give than to receive” quite literally when it comes to buying gifts for the grandkids. I’m sure there are a lot of grandchildren in this country who can’t wait...Pray For The Adult Influences On Your Grandchildren
Grandparent with a Purpose Blog 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...
A Cool Tool for Telling the Christmas Story
Courageous Grandparenting Blog For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given… (Isa. 9:6) If you or I were aliens (just indulge me on this) arriving on earth for the first time during the Christmas season, what would we learn about this earth holiday called Christmas from the songs played...Praying For Your Grandchildren To Choose Their Friends Wisely
Grandparent with a Purpose Blog “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...
