Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.  Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.

Raising Arrows: Faith-Filled Parenting

In my previous article we looked at some of the stressors of being a parent, and how taking a long-view of parenting can help us in so many areas. Understanding that we are raising our children with a bigger purpose in mind is an extremely important factor in parenting. Part of this long-view of parenting must include passing on our faith to our children. Passing on our faith, and its core…

Raising Arrows: The Long View

              Fellow parents, we’ve been given an extremely task –raising our kids. Let me rephrase that. We aren’t raising kids, they already know how to act like kids. No, we are raising adults. We are raising the next generation of great men and women of God. Our children will one day grow up to be the leaders in our community. One day our kids will have kids of their own, and they will be the…

“I’ve got three little kids at home and my heart is burning up to serve the women all around me — and I just gotta ask: How do women juggle their kids and this call to ministry?”

And I want to be the fool that says, hey look — we’re all just a room full of jugglers. Jugglers running our own ridiculous three ring circuses with our own troops of monkeys. Love the circus that is yours, love the  monkeys that are yours. And don’t forget to eat the cotton candy. And laugh loud and lots.  And perfectionism isn't a fruit of the spirit. Joy is."

2 Ways to make sure your discipline is an expression of love:

The book of Proverbs tells us that when God disciplines us, it shows that He loves us. Discipline is meant to be an expression of love. Here are 2 ways to make sure your discipline sounds expresses love.

1. Discipline the action, not your bruised ego. Too often, we discipline our children because their behavior made us look bad as a parent. Our self-image was damaged by their behavior. When we…