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Describing Your Children
Your children are ___________. How would you fill in that blank? Better yet; how would you like for others to fill in that blank? Those of us who are parents (or grandparents) have probably had the experience of somebody filling in that blank for us. It may have been in the course of a conversation. It may have been in some sort of formal setting. It could be almost anywhere. It could be almost any time. Somebody will walk up to us, drop us a note, send a text, call us on the phone, or in some way communicate to us what his or her opinion is of our children. We may have tears…
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Episode 81: End of Homeschool Year Spectacular 2017 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_081.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) On release date for this episode, Adam and Leah’s homeschool year is ending. So, they take this episode to catch you up on what is going on in their lives, as well as some of the ups and downs of homeschooling through the 2016-2017 year. We hope you enjoy their interaction. More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by email for free click here. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Subscribe via rss Find us on Stitcher Radio Visit the show archives
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The Most Overlooked Step in Church Discipline
Recently, I preached a sermon on church discipline. No, it was not because the elders asked me to, nor because the congregation was preparing to withdraw fellowship from anyone (at least, not so far as I know). Instead, it was to remind people of the context in which Jesus famously stated, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them” (Matthew 18:20). That’s right. It wasn’t in the context of worshiping in a hotel room while on vacation. It was about those difficult conversations that must take place with erring brothers and sisters. However, when we consider the process of church discipline, it is…
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How to Enjoy Work Without Getting Paid
Why do you go to work each week? Is it because you like your job? If so, that makes the job somewhat easier. Hopefully, we can all find a vocation that we enjoy. Is the fact that you like your job enough to satisfy you? Do you work because you want to keep busy and you don’t want to be lazy or bored? Or do you work to get paid? Ah, there it is! The truth comes out! We might like our job and we may be glad that we have something to do but at the end of the week, we need a paycheck because that is how the…
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A Verse that Made Me Wonder
It was my privilege to attend the Lads to Leaders convention in Nashville not long ago. It provided an all too rare opportunity (in my mind) for all of our family to be together. Between Donna and me, we were able to see all five of our grandchildren as they participated in various activities. While Lads to Leaders was treasured by us as a special family time, it also proved to be a time of spiritual growth and renewal. What a blessing it was to see so many young people use their considerable talents in various avenues of service to the Lord and His people! What an experience it was to worship on Sunday…
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A Quote for Your Mother’s Day
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Memories of Mom
(photo of Ruth Turner, daughter Donna faughn, Granddaughter Amber tatum, and great-granddaughter lyssabeth tatum, taken about 2008) “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck” (Proverbs 1:8-9). So said the wise man Solomon. Many of us were raised in homes where our fathers and mothers loved and cared for us. They provided for our needs and taught us much about how to live in this world. Some were blessed to have both parents as faithful Christians, and some of us were not. This was the case in my home. My father was not a faithful Christian while…
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He Typed a Blog Post. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!
Call it “clickbait.” Call it “exaggeration.” Call it “over the top.” Call it “hype.” Whatever you want to call it, if you are on Facebook, you have seen the posts, because our news streams are filled with them. It might be a picture of a singer walking on a large stage, but the post says, “She walked on stage and everyone thought she looked strange. But when she opened her mouth, you won’t believe what she did!” Okay, so I have clicked on a few of these. Here’s the thing: virtually none of them were all that impressive. The girl might have been an okay singer. The artist might have…
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How Drinking Skim Milk Can Help Your Marriage
I grew up drinking 2% milk. Sometimes it was just good old vitamin D milk. We might on occasion drink 1% milk. But skim milk? No thanks. Isn’t that just water with some kind of milk powder in it? Is there such a thing as white food coloring in water? – because that’s what skim milk tasted like to me. I didn’t like it at all and I decided that if I was ever going to drink milk it wasn’t going to be skim. But then I got married and guess what? I found out right away that my wife grew up drinking skim milk. To her, 2% milk was…
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The Shiny New Van
It pulled up next to the vehicle I was driving. At first, I did not notice how shiny it was. I did not notice for a minute how new it looked. What caught my attention originally were the letters on the side of the van. Those letters spelled out the name of a congregation of the Lord’s people in our area. As I looked inside the van, I saw that one of the preachers for that congregation was driving and that the other preacher was in the passenger seat. It is not unusual for people in the community in which these two men live to spend some time in one of the two hospitals…
