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(iPhone Photo) I’m sitting here looking at this little cutie sleep and here’s some things I want her to know. Mommy and Daddy love you Jesus loves you more than I ever could…and I love you A LOT! …a WHOLE LOT! We want God’s best for your life. The sky is the limit, you can [...]

I have lots of friends who are new parents and as every day passes I learn something new about God through parenting Jada with Brooke.  Today I was thinking. We will stand before God for everything we teach our kids AND everything we fail to teach our kids.

Loved these thoughts from The Center for Youth/Parent Understanding on understanding peer pressure.  These are great for parents AND youth workers! The article gave these two point: “First, recognize that negative peer pressure reaches its greatest intensity during the adolescent years.  Second, recognize that the nature of negative peer pressure has changed since we were [...]

Great post from a great parent: Here’s the main bullet points: Internet filtering Computer game time Cell Phone privileges Cell Phone Limits iPod Touch restrictions Email monitoring Facebook monitoring TV time Check it out here

I’ve been thinking a lot about parenting lately and I’ve found SCORES of things I just don’t want to do as a parent, this being one of them…I’m hoping to find some stuff that will actually work.  Bring on a Parenting Series at GCC.

Any time Pastor Beeson speaks, I listen.  This is a photo of him speaking to our middle school students at Camp Adventure where he dropped bombs of wisdom all week long! He’s got a wealth of wisdom and knowledge that’s helpful to me as I chase Christ.  There’s a lot of people who KNOW a [...]

There is a great article I read last friday night.  Here’s an excerpt from it but go read the full post HERE. “Ultimately, church and culture don’t have to be mutually exclusive. The church should be the place where students learn how to interact with the culture without being swept into it. What are some [...]

My dad sent me this quote sometime last week and it fit in perfect the other day as I was sitting on my back porch listening to the rain. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Unknown. Ephesians 5:15 encourages us to ‘be very [...]

I think it was John Piper who once said, “If your child is rejecting Jesus, something might be wrong, don’t pretend everything is fine.”  …acknowledge that something is wrong. You’ll know the best way to talk to your student but don’t settle for comfort by not talking to them at all.  You might feel better about [...]

If you’re a parent of a teenager you’ve probably discovered that you might be losing access to them during these tween & teen years.  If I could take a moment and speak to that from the person who they’re usually leaving you for, it might be helfpul. (the person in the sense of another influence [...]