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Brokenness is a reality of life. We all experience it. Something breaks each and every one of us, usually many things. But God promises to use our brokenness to find beauty in this world. In the latest episode of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD, I continue my heart-warming conversation with Andy Howard, a father who received a devastating diagnosis with his first child that broke him. As we heard in […]
It is so hard when God’s answer is no—for us and for our kids. There are times in our lives when we pray and we fast and we hope for a miracle and we speak the Word of God over a situation in our lives—and God is still faithful—but He doesn’t give us the answer we hoped for. The answer we prayed for. The answer that this person might have gotten and […]
One prevailing question burns at the heart of each generation—one question keeps them up at night. Understanding this question helps us to reach people of every age, especially our kids. For the Baby Boomers, people born in the 40s, 50, and 60s, that question is: What is TRUE? Like the great philosophers of old, this […]
Where does discipleship in the home start? Do you use a particular curriculum or a new Bible study or is there a check list that gets the job done? Look… all of those things can be helpful, but they aren’t where discipleship starts.Discipleship needs to begin with a spiritual truth that so many parents miss because oftenthey don’t understand it themselves. That truth is identity. […]
You know that there isn’t a more stressful job in life than raising children to be God-loving, God-fearing, competent, motivated, responsible adults. After all, that is the goal. A large part of that process, we don’t have control over. But there are parts that we do. There are habits we can employ that will reduce stress and promote peace in our parenting. Because hey… being a less stressed, […]
Do you know what the biggest barrier to our kids’ faith is? I didn’t. Not until I was researching for CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD‘s recent series on Gen Z. I was prepping for my interviews with Dr. Jonathan Morrow (episodes 54 & 55), and I ran across this statistic from Barna Research: “Asked about barriers to belief, 29 percent of Gen Z members said it’s because ‘I have […]
Woke ideology is everywhere. You can’t escape it. As parents, we need to understand exactly what Woke preaches so we can help our kids to understand it. That means we need to know where it came from and where it is going. We can’t alert our kids to the danger of this godless philosophy if we haven’t grasped it ourselves. I’ve condensed years of research it into this easy to […]
Woke ideology permeates our culture. It saturates our airwaves. It is sung in our songs, read in our novels, acted out in our films, espoused by our educators, preached by our politicians, and even (re)written into our history. But what makes woke ideology so powerful? On CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD, I’m beginning a new two-part solo […]
At some point, every parent will have to work through a crisis with their kids. Whether their child deals with a substance addiction or battles an eating disorder or questions their sexuality or walks away from the faith, parents need encouragement and strategy to work through these difficult seasons. Joining me again to discuss parenting through the hard times in the episode 63 of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD is best-selling author Laine Lawson Craft. Laine’s brand new book, The Parent’s Battle […]
Statistics show that a majority of Christian kids are leaving the faith when they leave the nest. That means a majority of Christian parents are parenting a prodigal child. Support for those walking through the prodigal journey is one of the greatest needs in the body of Christ today. But where does the prodigal parent start? Best-selling author Laine Lawson Craft […]
