Every child is different and important and special and we need to learn to appreciate each one for their uniqueness.
03/16/2007 by Paul Faulkner
When things are not in good shape at home it is usually because our priorities have gotten off track.
01/26/2007 by Paul Faulkner
We have to have a mission for our families bigger than physical and financial goals, we have to have a spiritual mission.
01/12/2007 by Paul Faulkner
Family fights, shopping mall stampedes, world unrest and wars all will continue through the Christmas season, but we should not be surprised: Jesus came to save our fractured world.
12/18/2006 by Phil Ware
Priceless memories that you make with those you love are far more valuable and enduring gifts than anything you can purchase with money.
12/13/2006 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Patrick Odum tells about a boy who shared his winnings with his father rather than spending it only on himself and the joy that this attitude brought the father and Patrick compares this to the joy we give our Father, God, when we share.
11/15/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
Selfishness destroys families while self-examination helps us improve ourselves and bless our families.
10/20/2006 by Paul Faulkner
A grandchild celebrates birthday one and a grandmother celebrates birthday fifty and both rejoice in the gift of now.
08/31/2006 by Teresa Bell Kindred
A trip to the beach and other vacation sites helps lead Patrick Odum to ask what he is not recognizing in his daily life where God's fingerprints and footprints can be found.
08/24/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
Parenting can be done scream free, but not because we focus on our children, but because we focus on ourselves.
08/03/2006 by Hal Runkel, LMFT
A mother with a son who has a tumor talks about the challenges and changes she and her family have faced during his theraphy and the faithfulness of God.
07/20/2006 by Tammy Marcelain
A little girls interruptions become the occasion for seeing how much God loves and listens to us.
05/01/2006 by Phil Ware
What happens to people when they die is a lot like trying to tell kids how much farther it is to granny's house!
03/04/2006 by Joe Bagby
The years in marriage can sometimes mean that we take each other for granted; we mustn't let that happen.
12/30/2005 by Alan Smith
Sometimes with all the preparation and stress we forget what the real meaning of the holidays is all about.
12/24/2005 by Joey Cope
While gifts are fine, we need to be leaving behind a legacy of love notes for our spouse and children and grand children.
12/20/2005 by Rubel Shelly
Giving gifts at Christmas helps us understand and appreciate the importance of people in our lives.
12/06/2005 by Teresa Bell Kindred
We can know we are saved by putting ourselves in the story of God's great deliverance.
10/30/2005 by Russ Lawson
Grace means we have a lifestyle of yes, not a lifestyle of no.
10/04/2005 by Ron Rose
A fishing trip becomes more than a fishing trip when a father honors his son and a son remembers his father.
09/21/2005 by Ron Rose
We are both born and adopted into God's family!
08/19/2005 by Alan Smith
One way to learn the art of reconciliation is to look at the word as meaning re-cancellation -- cancelling the debt, the sin, the hurt between us and another.
05/06/2005 by Alan Smith
It's not the big stuff that we remember from our grandparents, but the small wonderful things that they did to touch our lives.
03/02/2005 by Michele Howe
Little things mean a great deal during the Christmas season. Let's not forget to do them.
12/13/2004 by Phil Ware
Just as we enjoy the senses of taste and sight, we need to taste and see that the Lord is good.
11/24/2004 by Tom Norvell