by Jason Byerly | Oct 10, 2014 | Family Ministry
Bridges are a big deal. Take the Sherman Minton bridge in Louisville, Ky, for instance. It spans the Ohio River carrying thousands of drivers on I-64 from Indiana to Louisville and back every day. In 2011, inspectors discovered cracks in the structure, shut down the...
by Grace Rowe | Oct 6, 2014 | Family Ministry, Parenting
We all like big numbers. Whether it’s how many people clicked on our blog link, or the number of people attending our lifegroup or church event, or how many people we’ve led to the Lord (or at least how many people we can file under “witnessed-to”), how much our work...
by Dannah Gresh | Sep 22, 2014 | Parenting
Parent-child connectedness can be defined as “being closely bonded by common traditions and frequently occurring activities.” I think a good short definition would be “intentional togetherness.” It’s eating dinner five or more times a week as a family, as opposed to...
by Michelle Anthony | Sep 8, 2014 | Family Ministry, Parenting
If we want our faith to endure for all generations, we must become increasingly confident and focused about the kind of faith we are trying to pass on to our children and grandchildren. Letʼs look at what God has to say about faith. First, when Jesus speaks of His...
by Grace Rowe | Sep 5, 2014 | Marriage, Parenting
It seems like lately I’ve had one overwhelming, absorbing thought pervading me, consuming my mental energies and my emotional storehouses, ransacking my prayer life, and dominating my conversations. One thought that’s becoming an… obsession? Maybe. But, y’all, I have...
by Natalie Witcher | Aug 18, 2014 | Parenting
They sat across from each other at the kitchen table. I sat on one side, my husband, JT, on the other. The four of us squared off around the table. Our girls were somewhere between seven and eight years old and it was time for a talk. Their chins just a few inches...
by Roy Baldwin | Jul 8, 2014 | Marriage, Parenting
Margaret Thatcher once said, “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” I wonder how true that is for men? When was the last time you felt your masculinity was challenged? I had an experience this past week that really...
by Les & Leslie Parrott | Jul 3, 2014 | Marriage
“Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive.” – Ephesians 4:31 Les walked through the front door of our home this week, set a copy of the Wall Street Journal on the kitchen counter, and said,...
by Grace Rowe | Jun 24, 2014 | Parenting
I just realized that this morning. Sure, we love all things Mary Poppins, and we’ve watched The Lion King enough to reenact the whole screenplay verbatim. But when push comes to shove, I just can’t get behind the whole Happily Ever After thing. Or the whole Dream That...
by Jake Roberson | Jun 19, 2014 | Parenting
For Millennial dads, life can sometimes leave us feeling like walking contradictions. We hear about how we Millennials are all individualists to the core. We look out for Number One and dismiss the rest. “Forget others,” we are told we cry, “It’s all about me.” To an...
