Is This Community?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What does community look like? Clearly we are not living in a day in which we can say "All is well." Currently there are 6.5 million teens and adults not in school or working. By 2020, America will not have enough qualified »
Parenting Tips for Heading Back to School
Are your children heading back to school after summer? Here are some parenting tips that are good at anytime but with a new school year upon us, here is some advice on setting up new routines for heading back to school: Make time for breakfast We’ve all heard it; breakfast »
First Love
“To the church in Ephesus write: ‘Yet, I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. The church in Ephesus is no slouch as a church. Read Revelation 2 and see »
What is Responsibility?
Recently, I listened to a well-respected business leader say that his father taught him responsibility by often giving him small tasks that adults would generally be given. It gave him confidence that he was able to do things others his age were unable to do. As a parent, we certainly »
What is accountability?
Often I think we associate accountability with consequences. Think about these words…I am going to hold you accountable.What immediately comes to mind? As a child, that meant I was getting a spanking. As an employee, that means I am going to feel some kind of pressure. I think it is »
Your Family for Eternity
“And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests »
God Gave You A Body
“Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man »
Privileges of Royalty
Much of the world, at least in the West was mesmerized awaiting the birth, gender announcement, and naming of Prince George of England this past week. The hoopla and widespread knowledge of this birth far exceeded the birth of another of far ascendant royalty in the obscure town of Bethlehem »
Summer with the family
From Mother’s Day to Father’s Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, the “summer season (more commonly referred to by youth as summer break) provides a perfect time to celebrate family and be together. The pace of the summer holiday season seems much slower than the frantic pace we »
Primary or Last Resort?
Human nature says “last resort. Like the well-known ditty, “there are no atheists in foxholes, we wait to pray until there is nothing else to do. The Bible gives us a wholly other philosophy as the Living Word, Jesus does, “pray continually, pray unceasingly, pray always! Praying some words toward »
The Culture's Goal: Your Entire Family – Role of the family in fighting culture
You are well aware of our marketed culture. Marketing is everywhere, and knows most everything about you, your spouse, and your children. And now that the Social Media has capitulated in giving all your “private information to the government, you already know they’ve already long ago sold it to the »
America's Birthday!
It's America's Birthday! Two-hundred and thirty seven years old! Not very old when you consider the time already expired in civilization’s recorded history; and we have no real certainty as to how many more birthdays our country itself will celebrate; nor the time left until the Lord Jesus Christ steps »
