Parenting
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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…
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I Vote for Moms
This is the last week of this presidential election. For the past few weeks, I have heard the candidates speak about all of the world’s problems. I’ve heard their plans for all of our country’s problems. They’ve expressed concern for one area after another, and they’ve laid out the solutions. As I’ve listened, there has been one solution that hasn’t been discussed – Good mothers! So, today I vote for moms. I vote for moms who take the phone or iPad out of their children’s hands and replace it with a broom. These children will learn how to work hard. I vote for moms who quit buying everything for their…
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We Are at War
“We are at war.” On this day, October 27, in 1962, those words were ones many Americans feared. It was on this date that the Cuban Missile Crisis tensions “reached their height.” [For those in our family who are wondering how I came by this historical knowledge, I can read the Internet, you know.] ☺ Even though I wasn’t alive then, I’m sure had those words–“We are at war”–been reported, people would have paid attention! That said, on this October 27, in 2016, we are at war. Did that get your attention? We are at war! Not in a physical sense, but in a war that matters much more than who…
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Episode 65: How the Church Can Help Parents Raise Pure Children (guest: Jeff Archey) [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Jeff_Archey_on_Purity.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here.) We live in times in which impurity is everywhere, but Christian parents want to raise children who are pure and holy. But parents need all the help they can get! On this week’s podcast, Jeff Archey sits down with Adam to talk about how preachers, Bible school teachers, and the entire congregation can have a hand in helping young people grow up pure in an impure world. Links Mentioned in This Episode East Side Church of Christ (Cleveland, TN; where Jeff Archey preaches) Gospel Broadcasting Network Polishing the Pulpit The Ark Encounter KidSing cards (West Huntsville…
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Episode 64: Some Thoughts about “The Me-Time Myth” (with Leah Faughn) [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Me_Time_Podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here.) Many people–and, it seems, especially mothers–talk about “me time.” A couple of years ago, a blogger wrote a powerful article about how having true “me time” as a mother is a myth. She took a lot of heat for the article, but it sparked some good discussion. On this week’s podcast, Adam and Leah talk about the article [which you can find here] and about how mothers need a little “me time,” but how the ideal of this concept is really a myth for mothers who truly want to impact their children. Resource “The ‘Me Time’…
