Parenting
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Episode 117: The Rapid Fire Edition! [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_117.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here.) Adam and Leah take this week’s episode to catch up on several topics in rapid-fire fashion. We hope you site enjoy the subjects and the banter! Resources Indescribable: 100 Devotions for Kids about God and Science (Louie Giglio; Amazon) Shaping Hearts for God When Your Kid is Hurting (Dr. Kevin Leman; Amazon) 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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Episode 116: Reading Long-Form Literature as a Family [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_116.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here.) For a number of years, Adam and Leah have read long-form literature with their kids as a family. On this week’s episode, they talk about why they do this, and give some tips about reading these with your family. Below, you will find a helpful list of books, as well as those they have talked about in the episode. Resources 1000 Good Books List [Classical Christian Education Support Loop] “The Wizard of Oz” Collection [All novels in one set; Amazon] “Black Beauty” [Amazon] “Swallows and Amazons” [Amazon] “Caddy Woodlawn” [Amazon] More from A Legacy of…
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JUST Family Time
Last weekend, a Christmas gift finally “paid off,” sort of. On Christmas morning, I had surprised our family with plans for a quick weekend trip to St. Louis to watch a basketball game and to go eagle watching over the Mississippi River. Well, the weather did not cooperate, so we headed south, instead, and just enjoyed visiting some old favorite spots in Nashville. It was still a great trip, even if it did not have any new experiences. It was something that was said on the way there that has had me doing a lot of thinking, though. As we were nearing Nashville and talking about what we were going…
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The Man I Never Knew
He was one of the players on a baseball team posing for a picture. He was kneeling on the front row. He was the one holding the bat. His first name was the same as my middle name. I was told that my mother wanted me to be named after him, but that he didn’t want to saddle his son with the name “Delmar.” When I consider the kind of man he was, I can think of a lot of things that would have been a whole lot worse. [Editor’s note: The picture is the one used above for the header of this article.] I knew Delmar Faughn from the time I became aware of…
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Some Very Early Thoughts on Owning a Disney Circle
Photo: Circle Media I know we are late to the game, but we finally bought a Circle from Disney for our house. As our kids get older and the use of devices just seems to go up, we knew it was time (past time, to be honest) to get something to help protect our family in various ways online. If you aren’t familiar with Circle, there are two different kinds to know about. The type we bought simply pairs with your home’s WiFi router and covers all devices that are connected to that WiFi.The Circle “Go” is a paid system (month-by-month) that covers all devices no matter where they are.…
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Episode 115: Taking Young People Deeper in Bible Study [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_115.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here.) Young people need a growing foundation of knowledge in the Word of God. Too often, though, we jump from “Bible stories” to nothing more than teen issues, and we do not teach them deeper things of Scripture. On this week’s podcast, Adam and Leah encourage Bible school teachers and parents to keep going deeper into a study of the Word with their young people. 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…
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Whining Kids Getting a Pool is What’s Wrong with Parenting
I have thought about writing this post for a long time. By now, the commercial has been on for months. I don’t watch a lot of “regular” TV, so I haven’t seen it that often, but the first time I saw it, it grated at me, and the more I have seen it in recent weeks, it has only made me angrier. It is the Northwestern Mutual commercial with the whiney girl who ends up getting a pool for her horrible attitude. If you can stomach it, here is the full commercial: How is it that this is supposed to be representative of good parenting? How is it possible that…
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Episode 114: Majoring in Majors, Doing Things that are Their Own Reward, and More [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_114.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) On this week’s podcast, Adam and Leah share a lot of thoughts for parents. Using two resources, they talk about making sure families major in what is really important, and then discuss how we need to involve children in activities that are their own reward (gardening, cooking, etc.). Resources “The Major Thing” (Refuge Church) “What If…” (Facebook) 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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A Life Lesson from the Man Called “Bear”
These days, it seems that we read and hear more than we would like to read or hear about the misbehavior of athletes and coaches. Some of that goes way beyond misbehavior. It is absolutely immoral and, all too often, illegal. Howell Bigham recently posted the following material on Facebook. I had heard some of this before, but I am reproducing it here in order to “get the story right” and to remind us of a positive life lesson. I am not, in any way, suggesting that all of today’s athletes and coaches are bad people. Neither am I suggesting that all of those who filled these roles years ago (including the one referenced…
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He Was the Patriarch
He had a father. Yet his father was not known as the patriarch. While we don’t know much about Terah, Joshua 24:2 specifically includes him as one of those who “dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and … served other gods.” On the other hand, Abram, his son, is called “the friend of God” because he “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness” (James 2:23). Throughout the book of Genesis, we read of the faith of Abraham. Not that he was a perfect man, as God lets us see some of his fears (Gen. 12:12) and his mistakes (Gen. 16). However, there is…
