by Lillian Penner | Dec 30, 2025 | Grandparenting, Kids & Grandkids
We live in challenging times shaken by the unrest in the world around us. “The institution of the family is in a state of emergency. This core unit of civilization is being dismantled and ridiculed in today’s culture.” 1 The media-driven culture is desensitizing our...
by Mo Hodge | Dec 28, 2025 | Kids & Grandkids, Marriage & Family
With 2026 0n the horizon let us remember that as parents, it is or responsibility to prepare our children for, and monitor closely, their dating relationships. Our children didn’t date much in high school. And that was just fine with Nancy and me. But many of their...
by Cavin Harper | Dec 20, 2025 | Grandparenting
Do you ever grow tired of the constant intrusion of smartphones in everyday life? Have dinner time conversations with your grandchildren been reduced to tweeting and texting activity while face-to-face human interactions almost come to a halt? Few grandparents have...
by Man In The Mirror Team | Dec 20, 2025 | Marriage & Family
Do you remember your best childhood Christmas? What made it so special? Chances are that it’s more than just eating delicious cranberry-apple pie or receiving the latest remote-controlled toy under the tree that makes that year stand out so vividly in your memory....
by Lillian Penner | Dec 17, 2025 | Grandparenting
Several years ago, I found a precious letter in my family’s archives. My great-grandfather in Poland wrote to my grandfather, who had immigrated to America. One line in the letter struck me with both comfort and conviction: “I faithfully pray for you, for your...
by Andrew Linder | Dec 14, 2025 | Parenting
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8 Religious noise is a real problem, and kids raised in church all their lives can easily fall prey to...