Family Update

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  4 Things to Keep in Mind When Your Teen Snaps at You “Victoria Grace, did you hear what I said?” I responded in a nonchalant voicetone to Tori’s insistent pleas for her phone.“Fine! You don’t care if I have a social life or not,” she grumbled as she stomped... Heather Riggleman Aug 27, 2019
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  4 Benefits of Memorizing Scripture as a Teen When we read a passage of Scripture, it’s easy to skim over the boring or difficult parts without paying much attention. But you can’t do that when you’re memorizing. When you memorize a passage of Scripture... Katherine Forster Aug 27, 2019
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  10 Protective Prayers for Your College Student's Whole Year Parents have a weapon in this war. Prayer is not a last resort when we get a late-night phone call but our first opportunity to fight for them. Lisa Appelo Aug 27, 2019
• What I Wish I Could Tell Myself on the Day I Became a Mother There are so many things I know now that I wish I’d known then. And If I could go back in time, this is what I’d say. May Patterson Aug 21, 2019
• 4 Hopeful Prayers for Your Children and Grandchildren as They Head Back to School In addition to providing yummy lunches and the necessary school supplies, praying for our children is a powerful and effective way we can partner with God in the work that He wants to do in our children’s... Lisa Samra Aug 21, 2019
• How Should I Teach My Kids about the Armor of God? However, the armor of God in Ephesians is not designed to equip elite Christian soldiers, while other (less committed) Christians serve as civilians. Rather, it is given to enable all of us to be prepared... Iain Duguid Aug 21, 2019
• You Need to Know These 6 Overwhelming Things for Your Teen “Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.” -Author Unknown Jokes about raising teenagers abound and for good reason—raising... Dolores Smyth Aug 21, 2019
• Feeling Pressure as a Young Grandparent? How to Overcome Being a young grandparent has many wonderful benefits, but it also has a few unexpected pressures. Jennifer Waddle Aug 12, 2019
• How to Become a Healthy Family Without Becoming Overwhelmed Health and wellness are such a buzz word these days! As a parent, it can be such a struggle to even know what it really looks like to live a “healthy lifestyle”. The problem behind every definitive article... Amanda Idleman Aug 12, 2019
• 9 Heartfelt Prayers from Psalm 119 for Your Children With my cup of coffee in hand I settled into my chair to read the assigned passages of my “Read the Bible in a Year” plan. One of them was Psalm 119, the longest of the psalms. “Ughhh,” I thought, more... Kristen Hatton Aug 07, 2019
• How To Share, Not Force, Your Faith With Your Kids Here are five ways you can begin--or continue--discipling your children in the faith, even when they don’t appear to be listening at all. Cindi McMenamin Aug 07, 2019
• 9 Effective Ways to Stop Babying Your Teens “Mom I’m doomed! Totally ruined. I forgot my navy cheer skirt!” My daughter’s text was laced with panic. Her middle school pep rally started in two hours. Her cheer coach had a ferocious temper and I... May Patterson Aug 07, 2019