Family Feuds at Christmas?

Not sure what your Christmas time with family will look like this year, but undoubtedly yours will be pretty similar to mine:  the reading of Luke 2, so as to redirect our hearts and focus on the true meaning of Christmas, the opening of countless gifts, possibly the singing of songs, and of course the fat-free,…

What’s important around your house?

Here is an article (click on “blog” and then scroll down where you will see the article listed) written by David Prince (Pastor of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, KY) on Family Worship.  As a husband and father who wants to lead his family to love and walk with Jesus I’m constantly perusing websites,…

A man who owns an Acura is not interested in a Geo Metro.

Let me preface the following post with the fact that I’m desperately trying to be the Christian, husband and father that God wants me to be and I fall short daily.  God’s ideal should always be my ideal.  I’ve only been a parent for a short time, but in that short time I’ve realized overwhelmingly…

Gospel-Powered Parenting – what’s that all about?

It’s been my desire as a fairly new parent (my wife and I have a beautiful 11 month old daughter named Lucianne and another one on the way!) to read as many books on biblical-based parenting as I can, as well as engage in conversations with parents who are currently raising children who are walking…

A Parent’s Guide to Family Devotions

Mike Calhoun, who works for Word of Life Ministries, gives some practical and very helpful advice on spiritually leading your family.  As a father who deeply desires to put into practice my Christian faith first and foremost in the home, I’m always willing and ready to listen to anyone who has any insight on how to…

Jesus Storybook Bible

I talked with several individuals the last couple days about Sally Lloyd Jones’ book and thought they and others might be well-served if I simply shared a chapter with you from her book.  The chapters are short and I’ll simply retype them verbatim.  One negative is that you don’t get to see the colorful picturesthat go along…

Devotional time with Luci

In our efforts to try and instill and speak truth into the life of our daughter we’ve asked several friends of our’s over the past year what they personally use for family devotions.  Even though she’s a mere 7 months, we want to begin developing spiritual habits/disciplines in our personal time with Luci.  Without a doubt, the…

Mark Driscoll to dads

Mark Driscoll has a free e-book called Pastor Dad  I haven’t read it, but I’m certain that it will be thought-provoking, encouraging, convicting, and as always, a little polemical.  Having become a father this past December to a beautiful girl named Lucianne Hope (we call her Luci for short), I’m trying to read anything and…