Our pastor used a true story about the great American automobile giant, Henry Ford, as a helpful sermon illustration. Naturally, I thought of how it applies to Children’s Ministry as well as raising children in general. Here’s the story… There is a wonderful story of Henry Ford and Charlie Steinmetz. Steinmetz had one of the…
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Talk to your Children about the Real War
It seems as though each week at the dinner table, I’m talking to my children about another war. Some weeks, it’s the war of radical Islam against the western world. Other times, it’s the culture wars, involving issues like abortion, transgender issues, and gay marriage. Sprinkled in between are discussions of political wars between left and…
Mothers: Don’t Forsake Teaching Your Children
“My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.” (Proverbs 6:20) Here’s an impossible task for Mother’s Day: List all the things you have ever learned from your mother (in chronological order, of course). That would be one huge Mother’s Day Card! From the moment a child is born, there is a…