Parenting

Children need encouragement. Sure they need correction from time to time (okay, maybe a lot!), but they need lots and lots of encouragement as well....

This article first appeared at Wesleyan Kids on November 21, 2013 Dear Parents, I’m concerned about a disturbing trend I’m seeing happening more and more: parents...

This article first appeared at Wesleyan Kids on December 9, 2013 There is a municipal water park in Spokane, WA that my daughters like to...

[vimeo 56108635 w=640 h=360] Notes from the video below: Men Need to Know Their Family Men need to know their family intimately, not on a superficial level. ...

Article first appeared at Wesleyan Kids from April 25, 2014 [vimeo 55898555 w=600 h=338] Children need to be taught to obey. Why? Parents, teaching your children to...

Article originally appeared @ wesleyankids.org on May 14, 2014 Hayward Wesleyan's discipleship pastor, Heath Davis, and myself have been trying to engage our church (and...

Article originally appeared @ wesleyankids.org on May 26, 2014 I think sometimes we parents get distracted from stewarding our children. We forget this deal is...

Article originally appeared @ wesleyankids.org on May 29, 2014 Jared Martin shared an amazing insight a while back. I've reordered the question: Are we stained or painted...

Dear Parents, I was recently talking to a mother of a 7th grade student who was sharing with me that her son didn’t want to...

Six years ago, I wanted to clearly define a path forward in the discussion at Hayward Wesleyan Church regarding family discipleship. In order to do...

I just sent this letter to the parents of our Followers students regarding what happened with the story we interacted with this past Monday....

I received this email from a children's pastor a few weeks ago and I'd been thinking about how to respond. Here is the email: Hi...