I try to avoid going to the store with all four kids, but sometimes I have to. Maybe we’re out of diapers and I can’t wait until hubby comes home so he can watch the kids. It’s a big production to get myself and four kids ready to leave the house for an entire morning, because it takes all morning to go to just one store! At ages 5, 3, 2, and 1 they can’t get ready by themselves, so a minimum of a half hour before leaving I start the process of potty trips, diaper changes, finding socks &...
Here’s a good example of a great article that I saw on the internet. “Parenting Your Strong-Willed Child” by Dr. Laura Marham. There are a lot of good articles on parenting, ones in which there are a lot of great tips that we can glean and learn from. As far as I can tell, Dr. Markham is not a Christian, though, and her psychology is not biblically based. So how does a Christian read a good article like this? Basically,...
Faith Pulpit Article I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article which was recommended to me by my husband who attended Faith Pulpit Days at Faith Baptist Bible College & Theological Seminary. I so enjoyed Dr. Doug Brown’s evaluation of the Family Integrated Church Movement which is becoming popular in many conservative fundamental Baptist churches. I have witnessed some of these FICM values played out in churches that I know, and most often with a divisive outcome; division in good Bible-believing churches,...
I’ve so enjoyed reading my Aunt Debbie’s blog, “A Well Watered Garden.” This post features my grandpa and his garden. He inspired her to become a Master Gardener. Peter Slobodian was a farmer at heart, and even when he brought his family from Argentina to the United States in 1957 answering the Lord’s call on his life to preach the gospel, he never lost his desire to grow and cultivate a garden. I remember many trips to see...
Music is a personal thing. It is such an influential and integral part of our spiritual walk. I know there are many who won’t want to hear this point of view, but my testimony is a common one among believers, I think. I do not presume to know what motivates my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to listen to their favorite music. I do not know the thoughts or intents of the heart the way God does. In my own life, though, I have taken...
As a parent, it is an interesting thing to me to see different parenting styles. I tend to mull over the underlying purposes in every philosophy in an effort to see if it is (1) Biblical and (2) Practical. There is more to parenting than keeping the child fed nutritiously, dressed appropriately, realistically healthy, and behaving normally. It is so easy to forget that even in those early years, it is the job of the parent to orient their child’s thinking...
