One of my favorite topics to read about is how to grow, as a man, in my relationship with God. Becoming the man, and the husband, and the father that God desires me to be is a passion that burns inside of me. So when I hear of a good book written for men to ...
One of my biggest worries in life is that something will happen to one of my kids. I pray for my kids on a frequent basis in this regard, and try not to fret too much over something I have little to no control over. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to Brad Mathias’ family when ...
One of the blogs I follow consistently is that of Ron Edmondson. Ron is the pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky. He writes some excellent articles on leadership church and culture. Here are two posts on his blog from the past week. Ron has raised two sons, and from his articles, it appears ...
The role of man has been under attack in contemporary American society. Popular media displays men as deadbeat fathers, unexplainably absent, or dull and simple-minded, at best. We seem to have lost our ability to look up to men as heroes. In fact, we seem to have lost our ability to identify manhood at all, ...
As you know, one of the biggest passions of my life is being the best dad I can be to my kids. Three of my kids are older children; in fact, one is entering her teenage years. But our other three are preschool age and younger. That makes Parenting On Your Knees, by Vicki Tiede, ...
One of the biggest parts of any youth ministry is connecting and working with parents. Parents are the lifeblood of any youth ministry, simply because the goal of youth ministry is to reach youth for Christ. What better way to do that than building relationships with parents? However, parents often don’t see youth ministry the ...