All Joking Aside

Titus 2:6 –”Young men likewise exhort to be soberminded.” I don’t know how many times I’ve had to come to a fresh understanding of that verse. And my dad was happy to oblige. Young people–oh, and old people–like to have fun. For me that means humor. But the fact that our humor often crosses the [...]

Kids Will Be Kids

Nobody likes an over-achiever. Football teams that run up the score against an inferior opponent get under our skin. The guy with no life who’s always getting the boss’s coffee rubs us the wrong way. And who can forget Betsy Sue, the teacher’s pet who helped grade papers at recess? Sometimes our aversion to the [...]

Book Review: Teach Them Diligently

Lou Priolo. Teach Them Diligently. Woodruff, SC: Timeless, 2000. 130 pages. So, whose responsibility is it to disciple your children? When I ask the question that way, the answer is obvious: YOU. Yet we often operate our households in such a way that the lion’s share of the discipling is left to the church, the [...]

Book Review: Shepherding a Child’s Heart

Tripp, Tedd. Shepherding a Child’s Heart. Wapwallopen, PA: Shepherd’s Press, 1995. 211 pages. This book has been out for a while, but I wanted it to be the first book I highlight in a series of book reviews pertaining to children/parenting. Let me be very clear from the outset: if you are a parent, you [...]

For Parents with Babies

As the parent of a toddler (Breanna, 18 months old), I have been tempted to think that I have all the time in the world to figure out how to engage in the task of parenting in such a way that my children grow up to be Christ-loving, God-fearing adults. That was even more of [...]