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Intentional Parenting

Photo by Verna Pitts Photography By Trent Anderson My wife and I will embark on our sixteenth year of parenting in May, and with it brings newness in one grand form. My son, Trey, will [...]

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Don’t Give Up: Encouragement for Parents

By Sarah Strand A few weeks ago I told my six-year-old son he needed to go to his room for 10 minutes because of his behavior. He tried to argue with phrases like “I didn’t [...]

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Talking With Your Teen

By Ray Zaffke Talking with teens can be tough, but God wants us to connect and do all that we can to engage in their lives. If you have teens, you have probably experienced the [...]

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The Pain (and Promise) of Saying No

By John Alexander It’s painful to say no. And in this case, I’m not talking about saying no to our kids. On August 3, 2011, I became a new dad to Maddox. Suddenly, I, John [...]

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You Get a Gold Star

By Tahni Cullen When I was young, I went to a Christian grade school. This program was really big into publicizing each student’s level of achievement. We had “star charts” on a corkboard within our [...]

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Raising Amazing Kids

By Greg Grimstad It was over.  Or was it really? After months of planning, all of a sudden, we were standing in the reception line, all decked out to the nines. Our second daughter now [...]

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Walking on God’s Promise

By Johanna Price Because I’ve been so open with our infertility struggle and our path to parenthood through adoption, I get a fair amount of correspondence and questions from women walking similar stories. It’s humbling. [...]

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