Parenting
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Episode 125: Introducing a New Parenting Seminar from Adam & Leah [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_125.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) Parents need all the help they can get. Christians parents need all the encouragement they can get. And we just want to help. Today on the podcast, Adam and Leah are thrilled to unveil “Putting the Pieces Together, Without Losing Peace,” a customizable weekend seminar for your congregation to consider using! In the episode they talk about why they are doing this, the lessons you are welcome to choose from, and more. We hope you will listen, spread the word, and consider asking them to come and help your congregation’s parents. Click here…
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4 Things I Want to Teach My Children about Face-to-Face Conversations
For some reason, a lot of children struggle to have one-on-one conversations. Sometimes, they are nervous around strangers (and that can be legitimate), but a lot of young people struggle even around people they know. I want my children to learn skills that will manifest themselves in those conversations, especially with older people. While there are all sorts of things I want them to know, here are four I hope they are learning along the way. Smile. It is rather remarkable what a difference a smile makes in a conversation, isn’t it? When we smile, we project confidence, but also an appreciation that we are being honored to be in…
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Take Your Children to Church
Occasionally, I will read an article on Facebook that has to do with something I find interesting. A few weeks ago, I read one that cited a Harvard Study about the role of religion in the lives of children. I hope you will forgive me when I tell you I can’t remember who posted it or really much of what it said. It had to do with them growing up and leading healthier and happier lives. One of the comments made after the article has stuck in my mind ever since I read it. Someone made this statement, “Take your children to church.” Now most of us would agree that taking our children to…
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Episode 124: Why Modesty Helps Protect Our Daughters [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_124.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) With Summer now here, modesty often seems to go out the door. On this episode, Adam and Leah talk about the need for not trying to make our daughters dress in sexualized ways, and also why we should not allow them to do so. The conversation is passionate and blunt, but all of our precious daughters are worth it! Resource “Why Have We Stopped Protecting Our Daughters?” [Deep Roots at Home] More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by email for free click here. Subscribe to the podcast…
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A Christian Young Person’s Letter to A Future Spouse
To the One I Already Love, I am your future spouse. Somewhere, a family is raising me to love God supremely and to strive to be holy. They understand that I am not perfect, but they are correcting me and helping me grow in my faith, so that I can be prepared to face the world and not shun my walk with God. But, they are also preparing me for you. From a young age, they have taught me about marriage, both in their words and in their example. They aren’t perfect parents–and I’m sure yours aren’t either–but they try to show me what it means to put God first…
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What Do You Want to Know?
Something happened a few weeks ago that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. There was a moment that I observed something from one of my kids and in that moment I learned something about their truest self. When an episode like this occurs you always keep it in your heart. We can read in Scripture that Mary the mother of Jesus observed certain things about him during his formative years that caused her to log it down in some kind of mental journal concerning who Jesus was and what he was going to be. That was exactly what was happening with me on this occasion a few weeks…
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Reminders for a Christian Vacation
It’s the time of year where, since schools are out, families hit the road for weekend getaways or week-long excursions. Roads are clogged and tourist areas are filled, but the memories that are made are worth it. Sadly, a great number of Christians seem to think they can take a vacation from their Christian faith just because they are on vacation from work. Instead, as you make those travel plans, please keep the following in mind. #1: Plan Where You Will Worship. Even though you are traveling, the Lord’s Day still should come first. Take the time to know where you will meet with the saints on the Lord’s Day.…
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When Is It Too Late to Play Catch-Up?
I am typing these words after returning home from attending our oldest grandson’s high school graduation. That experience has caused me to do some thinking about how some people wait until it is way too late to play catch-up in something that is extremely important. There may be some areas in our lives when it is possible, at least to some extent, to play catch-up. If one fails to save and invest money at a young age, it might be possible to, at least to some extent, play catch-up by saving and investing larger sums later in life. If a student fails to begin a term paper or study for an exam early…
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Graduation Day
It seems like it was only yesterday when I was staring through the window of a hospital newborn nursery. I was looking at one of the five most beautiful babies ever born (yes, I am prejudiced). He was our first grandchild, and I was so in love with him that I told the hospital cleaning lady that she needed to come with me to see him! Last Saturday tears of joy and pride (and a little sadness) streamed down my face as I heard “Pomp and Circumstance” being played and watched that young man walk into an arena to graduate from high school. Could eighteen years have passed so quickly? If you…
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Episode 121: How Your Children Remember the Mundane Stuff [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_121.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here.) We often look at some days or routines and boring, or even as a failure. But, if you are with your children, how will they remember those things? Today, Adam and Leah encourage parents to keep being with their kids, because it may surprise you how your kids remember those things.
