Parental influence is a throne which no man can abdicate. The members of our family come under our shadow, and we either drip poison upon them, or else beneath our shade they breathe an atmosphere perfumed with our virtue. The little boats are fastened to our larger vessel and are drawn along in our wake. [...]

My nephew, Nick Potter, just graduated high school and is an up-and-coming Christian rap artist who has entered a contest in his hometown of Detroit.  If he gets enough votes, he’ll get an opportunity to perform one of his songs on stage at a big Christian rap concert there featuring Grammy nominated Christian rap group, [...]

Ever wonder why teens and young adults stop going to church?  I do.  As many as 65%-85% of churched kids will leave the church once they hit adulthood.  Why do they do this, and how can we lower these numbers?  Based on several sources, here are some of the main reasons why kids leave the [...]

Christian parents today are afraid. They’re afraid that the pressures of the culture will overwhelm their kids and cause them to walk away from the values and the faith that they’re desperately trying to pass on to them. Because of this, many parents are parenting out of fear.  Fear of losing their kids to the [...]

Evidently, I just don’t get it.  When my girls text their friends while they’re talking to me; when they attempt to text their friends during dinner (which is not allowed in our home by the way); or when they invite a girlfriend over and then sit next to each other for hours in silence and [...]

On Friday, I posted a list of the top 10 things parents of teens need to know according to Madisyn Grills-Fisher, a teenager who lives in a small town in Ontario, Canada. She works as an intern at her local newspaper, and they published her shocking rant. Below is one mom’s response to it. Lura [...]

As a father of four teenagers, this made my blood boil.  The following is a list of the top 10 things parents of teens need to know according to Madisyn Grills-Fisher, a teenager who lives in a small town in Ontario, Canada.  Evidently, she works as an intern at her local newspaper, and they recently [...]