Nothing Prepares You to be a Dad - Part One

I remember my marriage preparation 'classes' with the pastor who married us. And while I'm grateful for them and especiall...

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Help - I Shout At My Kids . . . A quick thought

Yep, I can not deny it, I raise my voice to my children at times . . . OK a fair bit. Usually I set in my mind that i'm not going t...

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Praying for Children To Be Unhindered In Approaching Jesus

One of the constant prayers i pray for my children is rooted in Luke 18:16 where Jesus says: "Let the children come to me, and do not...

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God wants Children To Have Fun

Sometimes we as parents can be far too serious with our kids. We demand of them a maturity that they shouldn't have for many years to co...

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Bedtime Prayer Can Become Boring Habits

A very good friend called with me on Sunday. As we chatted my family arrived home and so we moved to borrow my sons bedroom for prayer. J...

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Praying for my Children

Over time the prayers i pray for my children have developed a certain pattern that has become quite obvious to me. I haven't intentional...

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Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

Kids are brilliant, frustratingly so at times but brilliant. Everything they want is purely for their enjoyment. Some things i'm pickin...

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Miscarriage - This fathers Perspective

My thoughts have been sent flying back to painful loss as conversations etc over the past few days have mentioned miscarriage. I can't s...

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Tyndale's Warning To Parents . . . And some thoughts

"Nurture them (children) not with worldly wisdom, saying, 'Thou shalt come to honour, dignity, promotion, and riches; thou shalt be...

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Recommended: The Big Picture Story Bible

I have absolutely grasped onto systematic and chronological teaching. I believe that it is important to see the whole picture of God's S...

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Spirit Filled Children

". . . and he (John the Baptist) will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mothers womb." Luke 1:15 John the baptist wa...

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Blessing Your Children

I stumbled upon a particular blessing that the Jews give to their children on Friday nights (the night before Shabbat). I rather like this i...

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Raising & Protect Our Children

Dads need to be actively involved in the raising & protection of their kids. We ought to raise sons who'll respect girls, show honou...

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Discipleship Starts at Home

Check out Discipleship Starts at Home, Part 2 by Winfield Bevins "If we want a revolution of discipleship in our nation, it will have ...

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Wondersurf

Have you got children? If so you may find ' Wondersurf ' a great tool for them! Why don't you follow this link and find out mor...

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Discipline

Scott Thomas has a brilliant post on raising children today. I thought his advice on discipline was especially great: "The goal of disc...

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Voddie Baucham on Raising Children

I just listened Voddie Baucham's message to the Southern Baptists on issues of family & specifically children. If you are a Christi...

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Kids Need To Know

Here's something for parents to consider, its a sexual abuse awareness seminar from Mars Hill & http://www.kidsneedtoknow.com/ Chec...

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Tips for Parents

Matt Schmucker on 9marks has a great post for Parents: 39 Lessons, 20 Tips and 10 "Don'ts" For Parenting One phrase that struc...

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Tree & Moon at 18 months

Every evening that it's possible I go for a walk with Jacob. This does two things, gets us out of the house for a while & works off...

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