Family
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Home, Sweet Home
The sign that hangs on the wall in our sunroom says, “Home Sweet Home.” I bought it because I loved the colors and the sentiment (and because it looked like something Joanna Gaines would have hanging in her house). As I look at that sign every day, I wonder what it takes to make that sign true about my home. Here are some thoughts I would like to share with you, even though I run the risk of making some readers angry with me. The attitudes of the people living in this home are sweet. I know that every home has its bad moments when sweetness just doesn’t seem to be available,…
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Marriage is More than a Commitment; Marriage is a Covenant
By virtually every metric, statistic, and anecdotal observation, the Biblical view of marriage in our society is declining. While there are still many who hold strongly and passionately to God’s view of marriage in the western world, that hold is becoming looser at a rapid rate. There is no way to list all the reasons for that in one blog post, but today I want to share one reason that I think undergirds much of this struggle. It is a straightforward misunderstanding of how powerful marriage is meant to be. Commitment vs. Covenant We often hear marriage described as a commitment. (Sometimes, tragically in my view, it is even reduced…
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Video: Stop Comparing Yourself to Everyone Else’s SportsCenter Highlight Reel
For this week’s Friday post, here is a short Periscope devotional from Adam about how we need to be okay with ordinary days and seasons in life, and just be faithful to God throughout each day. Hope this encourages you today.
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How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
Last week, several snow days afforded me the opportunity to go home. Not to Paducah and my parents’ home and not to Dexter where I grew up, but home to Freed-Hardeman University. It was Lectureship week and all of my family was there except for me and my kids who were supposed to have school. So, when the snow started to fall in earnest on Monday evening, the kids and I loaded up and set out. About halfway to Jackson, I got the call I was gambling on: “No school for Putnam County Tuesday.” The kids and I crashed Jeremiah’s bachelor room at the hotel and headed for campus the next…
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A Powerful Quote for All Fathers
From the book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Meg Meeker. Get a copy here.
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Seeing God in Unusual Places
We had a beautiful snowfall last week. The scene outside our sunroom window was picturesque. Along with the beauty of the snow, I noticed that the tree by our patio was filled with cardinals. That beautiful bright red color was almost glowing against the white snow. As I sat and enjoyed that scene, I began to think about all of the small things in life we often overlook because of all the “business” surrounding us. Life has a way of keeping us so busy that we miss those small blessings God has given to us. I was reminded of a passage in the great Sermon on the Mount which says, “…consider the lilies of…
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Episode 48: Book Review of “This Momentary Marriage” by John Piper [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/legacy_body_048.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not working? Click here.) Resources abound to help marriages and families, but sifting through the piles of materials can be daunting. On this week’s podcast, Adam takes just a few minutes to share with you some strengths and some weaknesses of John Piper’s book This Momentary Marriage. We hope you will listen to this brief review, and if you find the book one you might want to purchase, you can use the link below [affiliate]. Get a Copy This Momentary Marriage [Amazon]More from A Legacy of Faith More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by email for…
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“I’m Desperate for Snow”
Those were the words of our bleary-eyed, barely-awake 8-year-old on a recent school morning. She had worn her pajamas inside-out and backwards, flushed ice, put a spoon under her pillow, and done her best snow dance, all to no avail. She had to wake up and go. (Don’t feel too bad for her. Her snow routine worked last night and I am currently in comfy sweats on our first official snow day of the year!) As I have thought (and laughed) about Lyssa and her “desperation” for snow, I couldn’t help but think about David’s plea in Psalm 51:7 where he says, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than…
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4 Reasons a Daddy Should “Date” His Daughter
Daddy-daughter dates are a blessing in my life. A few years ago, on the eve of Mary Carol starting Kindergarten, I took her on our first date. She still remembers it, to the point that she can tell you which restaurant we went to, where we sat, and what we ate. Admittedly, I have not been as consistent with these dates as I should have been over the last few years, but each date with my precious girl is a reminder of how special she is. We never do anything all that fancy, but we always enjoy our time together. Lord willing, tomorrow night we will go on our next…
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Put Up the Floodgates
We live in a river town. The mighty Ohio flows by the Port of Paducah bringing both beauty and industry to our area. Jim and I have spent several pleasant evenings in the summer sitting down by the river watching the boats and barges go up and down that beautiful waterway. There is a floodwall that is beautifully painted with murals portraying the history of the city of Paducah and many people come to our city and enjoy the artwork on that wall. This last week access to that beautiful resting spot was cut off because the river had risen to a dangerous level and it was thought that the floodgates would have…
