Family
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8 Tips for Family Devotionals
Recently, I had a conversation with friend of mine who teaches a class for young families in Missouri. The class was discussing family devotionals, and he asked me for some ideas. We strive to do these in our home, but we can always improve. Here are a few things we do, or that we need to improve on, in our devotionals. (After my list, please add your thoughts in the comments!) 1. Be consistent. I have known families who have stated things like, “We haven’t missed a single night in 8 years.” That’s not us, but we are consistent. In a typical month, we might miss 2 nights, and usually those are…
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20 Family Bond Builders for Less than $5
Taking the family to a ball game can be expensive. So can going to an amusement park or the zoo. With two small children, though, we try to do several things to build up our family, while not breaking the bank (Baby Step 3!). Here are some we have done or that we’ve thought about and may do in the future that your entire family can do for $5 or less. 1. Play Outside. Not only is it good for the kids health, it’s fun and free. It doesn’t matter if you have a huge swing set or just a small patch of grass, the kids will find things to…
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7 "P's" That Will Improve Your Home
We are involved in a series on the home at Lebanon Road, and so most of what we are doing is promoting the use of our home life to glorify God. (The picture is of our PowerPoint title slide.) We have looked at the God-ordained fact of marriage, some principles for dating, and some encouraging words for those who are single. On Sunday, Lord willing, we will look at marriage. Since we are focused on that subject, I thought of some things for our Wednesday list that might help improve your home. To help, they all start with “P.” I hope you’ll add to the list in the comments! 1. Prayer.…
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For the Family
I made a phone call this morning that has been discussed in the Faughn household for a long time. It’s one that others will find stupid or pointless, but one we did for our family. What was the call? We cancelled our television service. We didn’t lower our DirecTV package, or switch to local cable. It’s gone. After a long conversation last night (which followed many others), we decided that we were addicted to television, and it was time to end the addiction. I want to share why we did it, and what we hope to do with our time. Why We Ended It 1. Our Spiritual Lives. Please know…
