Emily Bear: The Next Mozart
Six year old Emily Bear has wowed audiences from the White House to her own house. Playing the piano since age three, Emily also composes her own music. Be sure to take a minute to watch this video and share it with your kids tonight. After you watch this video, I’d love to hear your […]
4 Steps to Successful Parenting
Parenting is one of the most challenging yet rewarding tasks you can undertake. Today’s post features 4 tips for successful parenting from Dr. Gary Smalley. To read more on this topic, check out Gary’s book The Key to Your Child’s Heart and follow him on Facebook. You’ve read all the parenting books. You’ve tried […]
How to Make Wise Decisions in Marriage
Today we have a guest post from Dr. Greg Smalley from the Smalley Relationship Center. Greg has great insight on how to make wise decisions in your marriage. I’m listening and taking notes! If you’d like to follow Greg, you can find him on Facebook. All couples will face making decisions during their married […]
How to Avoid a Parenting Fumble
It’s the first football game of the season. Clean uniforms, fresh grass, shiny cleats, and a leather ball. The quarterback barks out the signals, takes the snap, and drops back into shotgun. Suddenly, he drops the ball. So what does he do? Does he just watch the ball sit on the ground? Does he […]
Getting to Know Me Questions for Families and Organizations
How well do you really know the people you see every day—the people sitting beside you, the people you laugh with, and the people you live with? Once, my friend Danny and I were talking when he suddenly stopped me and asked, “Mark, how are you wired?” I replied, “Well, I have to write down just […]
How Do You Know That You’re Loving Your Children Well?
There is one question that tugs on the heart of every child. There is one question that impacts their identity. And that question is this: Do you love me? As their father, you need to be the one answering that question with a resounding “Yes! I do love you.” So how do you know that […]
4 Ways to Man-age Your Home When Dealing with Illness
A good father and husband does many things. He protects. He leads. He provides. He encourages. He strengthens. He loves. So what happens when his spouse gets sick?
Sickness and disease are unavoidable in this broken world. But when it comes to your own spouse falling ill, your world can be knocked completely upside down. You often feel overwhelmed by the ceaseless waves of bad news crashing over the deck of your family’s life. But that’s when your wife and your kids need you to love and lead the most.
My wife, Susan, has had a dozen surgeries. Most of those surgeries have been during our married life and have been related to her heart and pacemaker. During those pre-op and post-op periods, I’ve had to step up as a husband and dad and do some things that may normally be a bit out of my comfort zone. And while I share my thoughts below on what you can do for your family during those tough times, please know that I did not do all of them well all of the time. I was sometimes impatient, unkind, and short-tempered as I walked this bumpy road.
Here are a few management roles you can take on to help your wife and kids get through this difficult season of life.
6 Ways to Keep Your Kids Honest
Our world, in big ways and small, gives a wink and a nod to dishonesty. This makes it difficult to bring up children who are fully committed to truthfulness. So how do we teach our children to tell the truth even when it’s hard? There are lots of ways, and they all start early. […]
Is It Good for You to Cry?
A few weeks ago, my son left for college. As I hugged him goodbye, the dam broke and tears flowed from my eyes…I sobbed uncontrollably. Yes, I cry every now and then. And, even though researchers have found that, on average, women cry 64 times a year and men only 17 times, it’s good for […]
