Dear Parents, It’s Okay to Discipline Your Children
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...
What Do Your Kids Say About You?
I really enjoy talking with kids. They are always brutally honest. When they are young it is cute. However, the older they get (elementary...
I Can’t! No, You Can!
As a parent, you want the best for your children. You want to see them succeed. You want them to live up to their...
Cyber Bullying
Gossip and rumors move a little differently today than they did when I was in middle school and high school. It might take a...
Recurring Cycle Involving Relationship Between Adults and Adolescents
You think times have changed?!
"It has been said: 'Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect...
Love is the Combination of Both Encouragement and Challenge.
"Jesus looked at him and loved him" (Mark 10:21a)
I think the wealthy man who asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life wanted Jesus to...
A Parental Spectrum: an Active Child to a Passive Child
Categories can be dangerous, so don't actually call your children "strong willed" or "stubborn" or "passive" or whatever... be careful of the labels we...
Memorizing Bible Verses @ Home
I credit this to my Mom! When my brother Brad and I were young, my Mom would help us memorize Bible verses. We had...
Stained or Painted with the Gospel?
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...
I Really Want You to Have a Cell Phone!
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...
Technology and Us (and our kids)
The television. Also known as: the TV. Love it or hate it, the TV has been an influential force in the last hundred years....