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Easter Grace: Seize the Teaching Opportunity
Sometimes, we miss opportunities. Sometimes that's OK. But Easter is no time to keep silent.
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March 12, 2021
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Guiding Our Kids to Pray
Wondering how to guide your children into a relationship with God? Seize the everyday moments to guide your children into a life of prayer.
February 26, 2021
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Growing With: Parenting Adult Children
Here are 4 ways to grow with emerging adults (in a world that is vastly different from the world in which their parents came of age).
December 5, 2020
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One Mom’s Perspective on “Real” vs “Home” Church
For my own sanity and in the effort to do what’s best for my kids, I need to get off this roller coaster of feelings about “real” vs “online” church.
November 10, 2020
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A Parent’s Guide to Doing Devotions with Kids
Here’s how to use family devotional resources to truly build lifelong faith with your kids.
March 16, 2020
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Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus
Kids need to see that their parents believe the truth of God’s faithfulness; he does not leave us to face crises like Coronavirus alone, but he walks with us through times of trouble.
February 4, 2020
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Indirect Influence: Parenting Today’s Youth
As children near adulthood, a parent's influence on shaping their faith diminishes. Here's how one dad came to that realization and what he did next.
January 28, 2020
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Help Kids Count Down to Easter With a Simple Paper Chain
At 46 days (when you include Sundays), Lent is almost twice as long as Advent. Use these simple paper chains to help children visualize the countdown to Easter.
September 17, 2019
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Convenient or Deliberate Discipleship?
Constant demands placed on individuals and families create what seems like little space for developing faith. We long for expanding a depth of relationship with God—but where do we find the time?
April 14, 2019
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Why We Must Talk About Suicide
I was heartbroken this morning when I heard that a 17-year-old young man took his own life. Please, please don't miss this opportunity to start a conversation on suicide today.
April 4, 2019
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Frozen Again, a Refreshed Perspective
When I first saw Frozen, I didn't quite get it. Why did it resonate with so many people? I actually remember saying I was unsure of the movie because of the “sassiness of some of the characters.” Since then, my perspective has changed.
March 22, 2019
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Grandparenting
A year ago our church, CrossPoint in Chino, Calif., started a grandparenting ministry to encourage other grandparents to meet and discuss topics of vital interest to our grandchidren.
June 26, 2018
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The Beauty of Sacrifice and the Joy of Giving
How do we know that our children have made the leap from following their parents’ faith to actually “walking in truth” on their own? Kristen Welch would argue for two measuring sticks: gratitude and generosity.
June 8, 2018
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Walking Toward Jesus
One mom’s story of how her child followed her heart and, with her church, was welcomed at the Lord’s Table for the sacrament of communion.
May 12, 2018
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May It Be a Sweet, Sweet Sound
What if God wants us to talk to Him more like my two-year-old talks to me? Maybe He really does want the messy, the mundane, and everything in between. What an incredible thought!
May 1, 2018
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The Purpose Driven Toddler: Seven Steps to a Righteous Rugrat
Locusts. They were good enough for John the Baptist; they are good enough for your toddler.
February 15, 2018
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Sinners Parenting Sinners
Without sounding too negative, it has occurred to me more than once that parenting keeps circling back around to the topic of sin management — the parents’ first of all, and then the child’s.
February 7, 2018
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How Planned Spontaneity Grows Faith
I’m convinced that the most authentic faith formation happens in organic, everyday, non-formal interactions with the people God puts in our circles.
May 26, 2017
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Talking With Your Kids About Human Trafficking
The Joy Smith Foundation (JSF) is an organization working to end human trafficking. Read about the work JSF is doing and how you can make yourself aware of the danger of human trafficking and keep your loved ones safe.
March 30, 2017
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7 Ideas for Spring Break Without Breaking the Bank
Here are seven ideas of activities with the potential to form faith that you can do with your kids for little or no dough.
March 28, 2017
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10 Things Not to Say to a Grieving Parent
I’ve heard all of these statements in the past six months. Some might make you cringe, and some you may have said before. The point is not to shame you for things you’ve said in the past, but help you better navigate interacting with a grieving parent in the future.
December 5, 2016
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Finding Kindness in Bad Parking Spots
One Sunday I noticed something strange. Even though we were usually the first car at church, my dad always chose to park in the worst spot. His explanation has stuck with me to this day.
November 10, 2016
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Blessed
As I hear my friends reflect on the election’s outcome, I am hearing a loss for words about how to talk about this with children. It is in response to what I am hearing that I offer this devotion for parents.
August 31, 2016
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Off to School: Joy and Tears
In my Facebook feed, I've seen many mothers express the sadness of having a child start college and leave home. But these transition times remind me of all the people in church who have influenced our kids.
August 31, 2016
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How to Help the Single Parent
A single parent has suffered loss—whether through death, desertion, separation or divorce. She/he will exhibit all the stages of grief but also needs to go on with daily life. Here are several ways a church can help.