Travis is a good friend and an avid, skilled fly-fisherman. I’m not much a fisherman myself, but I do enjoy an occasional trip to the mountains to try my hand at it. So Travis took me out one time to show me some of the basics of fly-fishing. I learned...
During the summer months, many families have reunions, and some grandchildren get to spend a week in the home of their grandparents or the grandparents get to take their grandchildren to a GrandCamp hosted by Christian Grandparents Network. However, if you run out of...
“Teach me Your way, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth…” Ps. 86:11a I remember a story not long ago about a student who was told by his principal and two teachers at his middle school that he was not allowed to wear a t-shirt he had on...
I have vivid images from my childhood of my grandparents on their knees with other adults, including my parents, praying for the lost. They weren’t at church. They were in each other’s homes. While we children played outside n good weather, they were...
Today is National Grandparents’ Day in the United States. In lieu of my regular blog, I want to use this opportunity to acknowledge the vital role you play as a grandparent and bless you: May you receive the honor and praise due you, especially you who are...
Pray for Protection and Victory in the Battlefields of Life “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the whole armor of God so that you may take your stand against the devil’s schemes” (Ephesians 6:10, 11). A grandfather understands the nature...
You may never be a perfect grandparent, but you can be a praying grandparent! Even our Lord made prayer a regular habit. Prayer was important enough to Him that He even taught His disciples how to pray as well. So, if prayer is important enough that the Son of God...
As grandparents, we have the privilege to pray for our grandchildren to allow God to create His design in their lives in His way and in His timing, according to His will. This week I would like to share a story of praise sent to me by a grandmother in England of how...
“I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone…” I Timothy 2:1 My pastor once asked the question, “if tomorrow every reference to prayer in the Bible mysteriously disappeared, would...
One of the ways you can get to know your grandchildren better is by asking them about their favorite things. You can even do this as a long distance grandparent by sending the form to them by mail or ask them the questions on the telephone. Your interest in asking...