Parenting
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Praying With Your Family
Yesterday something happened that gave my wife and children cause to celebrate. We had a late day – two hours late to school due to bad weather. I decided to take advantage of the extra hours in the morning. We went out to breakfast together. It was a prayer breakfast. We used the time we never have on a Monday in which we are usually in a rush to get ready. We talked. We ate a sit-down meal together. We discussed the week ahead. Then I asked them all to tell me something specifically they wanted to pray about. It was a great morning for our family. It was also…
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Episode 71 : Forever His (with Shelley Hazel) [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/ShelleyHazelForeverHispodcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not working or displaying? Click here to listen.) What can a congregation do to help families who have children with special needs? Forever His is a ministry that helps in that area. Recently, the Forest Park church of Christ in Valdosta, Georgia held a Forever His Bible Day Camp, and on the podcast this week, Shelley Hazel joins Adam to talk about this wonderful and uplifting day. Links Forest Park Church of Christ (homepage) Video: Forever His [vimeo.com] Forever His information at Karns church of Christ (includes registration form) More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith…
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It’ll Never be the Same Again
The picture reproduced here is an image of the way things used to be. It is also an image of the way things had never been before. Four of us used to gather around a table to eat – just like the picture shows. In that way, the picture shows the way things used to be. Four of us had never gathered around a table at a Panera Bread in Nashville. In that way, the picture shows the way things never had been before. This picture was taken on the next to last day of 2016. It was taken close to the end of a whirlwind and emotional week for the “Faughn Family of…
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7 Reasons Why We’ll be in Worship on Christmas Day
It happens every few years. Christmas day falls on a Sunday. Amazingly (and tragically) there are churches that cancel all services on that day or move services to a weeknight. Other congregations decide to only have one worship service or to move the time of services, but they are still meeting on the Lord’s Day to worship the Lord. Still, a lot of families decide that “since it’s Christmas” they do not have to attend services on that day. After all, it’s a day for family and traditions and it only comes once each year. So, many people will stay at home while the church meets. However, barring illness or some other…
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[Quote] The Importance of Dad and Mom Being in Agreement on Parenting
SOURCE: For Better or For Kids by Patrick & Ruth Schwenk (page 76)
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A New Look at Discipline
He had come home from a long hard day at work. That was the norm in those days. Men went to a job, often involving exhausting labor. Moms stayed at home and cared for the home and the children. Supper was put on the table when dad got home and everyone, including all of the children, gathered around the table for a meal together. Each child got to tell what had happened in their day, and laughter was plentiful. Children did chores in those days, and those chores often included washing the dishes after the meal was over. This was most definitely before the dishwasher days. On this particular day, Dad and Mom had gone to the…
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Our 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
In past years, we have released a couple of gift guides that were very random (one year, we even included a toy car-making machine!). This year’s gift guide is meant to be more focused, as most of the ideas listed below are meant to instill the Word of God in the hearts of your family. A couple of things are for more specific groups of people, but we hope you find everything below to be helpful in learning God’s Word. [Disclaimer: Any links below that take you to Amazon are affiliate links. All other links are not affiliate links.] Polishing the Pulpit Flash Drives. In past years, Polishing the Pulpit has…
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Thanksgiving Ribbons: A 5-Minute Project to Help Make Thanksgiving Memorable
Next week, we will celebrate a national day of Thanksgiving. So today, to help you prepare, I would like to share a simple idea that our family did a few years ago that really made Thanksgiving more meaningful. And it only takes about five minutes! Before Thanksgiving, we bought some wide ribbon and wrote various questions on the ribbon with a Sharpie. (Make sure the ribbon is wide enough to write on, and thick enough so the Sharpie doesn’t bleed through.) Some questions were fairly simple and some were more contemplative. We then tied the ribbon around napkins and placed them at each plate. By the way, we were careful…
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Connected to What?
Leslie Stahl may not be well known to those of us who choose to worship on Sunday evenings. That may be due to the fact that she is a regular contributor to the long-running (on Sunday evenings) CBS program 60 Minutes. Ms. Stahl (she is married, but is one of those thoroughly modern women who does not use her husband’s last name) also appears on other CBS news shows. As the picture of her book cover shows, she is also an author. Recently, I watched part of an interview with her about her new book. (The interview was not on 60 Minutes, by the way.) As you can see from the…
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[Episode 66] Family Friendly Entertainment (guest: Robert Hatfield) [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Hatfield_Entertainment.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here.) Entertainment is not bad in itself, but Christians are to be discerning in all they do. How can we, and our families, enjoy entertainment when there seems to be so little of it to be found? Robert Hatfield joins Adam on this week’s podcast to talk about the dangers of entertainment, as well as how to find wholesome forms of entertainment. Resources The Light Network (homepage) The Light Network Facebook group Arrows in Our Hand (family podcast) Common Sense Media Plugged In More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by…
