Note: We’re doing a 4-week Advent (challenge) to center on Jesus. Learn more and join us here. You’ve heard all the cliches before. You’ve maybe even spoken some of them. “Jesus is the reason for the season.” “Let’s keep Christ in Christmas.” And so on. This isn’t your first…
Talking to teachers isn’t always easy. While I’ve had the honor of meeting with some awesome teachers to have amazing conversations about how well my kids are doing in school, I’ve also endured some really challenging meetings. The last couple of years have been dotted with a lot of the latter as my oldest…
I was browsing Christmas gift ideas the other day and came across this plain white tshirt for $110. Normally my first reaction to a price tag like that for something as simple as a tshirt is “Yeah-right.” But then I read that this shirt was sewn by an ex-con who learned how to sew…
Jon Williams (father, actor, and writer), Kristen Ivy, and Reggie Joiner sit down and talk about how practicing generosity with your kids has the potential to help them live richer lives. Listen to Parent Cue Live The Parent Cue Live podcast is available on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and get each episode automatically. To listen to this…
“I’m bored.” No, not me. My kid. That’s what he told me. He’s bored. Keep in mind that his room is filled with a decent supply of toys. He’s also stocked with an amazing collection of books my wife (a former school teacher) passed down to him. There are a…
We are in that sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas, where it seems that everything around us takes a soft curve—or a sharp right turn—from a spirit of gratitude to over-consumption. I don’t know about your family, but at my house, there are only a few hours between being thankful for what we have on…
We need to disciple our kids, but effective discipleship is not going to happen from a stage or in a large group setting. Relationships are the key to discipling our kids and training them up to be godly men and women. Are we surrounding our kids with the right relationships that are going to lead them…
We stumbled on this helpful infographic that’s worth passing on to parents. It’s all about some of the deeper and darker corners of the online world. No, we don’t believe that technology, social media, and the internet are inherently evil and unredeemable. But we do believe that parents and youth workers need to be diligent…
There was a time in my life when watching the “The Tonight Show” when it aired was normal. Forcing my eyelids to stay open wasn’t even an issue. Those days are gone. These days, we record “The Tonight Show” and watch the previous night’s episode the next day, or week—or let them stockpile in our…
Note: each month we’re giving parents of seniors a spiritually encouraging “checklist” to capture the best moments from senior year. Sign up to automatically get a full year’s worth of memory-making ideas, plus these articles as monthly emails HERE. December: Celebrating the last Christmas Okay—so that headline admittedly makes things sound a…