D6 Blog
What Are Your Kids Watching?
You might not be old enough to remember this phrase: “It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your children are?” This was a public service announcement used in the late 1960s through the late 1980s to remind parents to check up on their kids. Today, parents usually know exactly where their kids are—at home watching YouTube. Perhaps a new public service announcement might be: “It’s anytime in the day or night. Do you know what your kids are watching?” Think about it. The television set of the past used...
Instill a Lifelong Love of the Bible in Your Students
We loved being at D6 with all of you who attended the D6 Conference! It was an amazing experience full of great conversations about the many challenges and opportunities you face in family ministry. We are excited to share more about What’s in the Bible? and our...
Devotion for Single Parents | Like Clay in the Hand of a Potter
Many little girls dream about what it’s going to be like to have their own family when they grow up. Perhaps you were one of those dreamers. Or maybe when you fell in love with your children’s father, you had dreams of the happy family you and he would one day have....
Three Easy Ways to Make Your Kids Feel Awesome
I have four kids that span in age from 5 to 16—three girls and one boy. It doesn’t matter their age or their gender, here are three things that work to make my kids feel like they are special and unique. And they will work for you. (Side note: I don’t have the corner...
Gaps that Remain in the Faith-at-Home Movement
Ron Hunter led the launch of the D6 Conference in 2009. Around 1,400 attendees heard the faith-at-home message in Dallas at that first D6 Conference. Over the next several years, more than ten thousand participants attended D6, and this yearly gathering developed into...
Training to Run
"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11 Discipleship takes discipline, and discipline is rarely easy.Discipline is painful and...
My Kid Doesn’t “Get” Anything Out of Church
One common concern I often hear from parents and other adult church members about including children in the corporate worship setting is that kids won’t “get” anything out of the worship or the sermon. From an adult perspective, there are certain things we want to...
I Can’t Fix This
“I can’t fix this,” I said to my son Luca, as he complained to me yesterday about a neighborhood conflict he was engaged in. “But, Momma, Riley and Addison want girl time, and they don’t want to play with me.” I responded, knowing he would never understand the concept...
Devotion for Single Parents | Single Parenting Teens Is One Tough Job
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29 (NIV) Parenting teens is a tough job. Just about the time you think you and your...
Devotion for Single Parents | Are You Trying to Fit Into Old Wineskins?
One spring day I was walking in my neighborhood. As I rounded the curve I noticed a little girl that looked to be about 5 years of age, playing outside while her mom was working in the yard. When I came back around the next time the little girl was dragging out a...
Devotion for Single Parents | Take Time to Soak
What do you think about when you hear the word “soak”? As a single mom you might think of soaking the kid’s play clothes that have so many stains they will never see clean again. Or your mind might go to that pile of dishes in the sink that have been there “soaking”...
Devotion for Single Parents | The Gentle Whisper
Life for a single parent can be overwhelming to say the least. With children, it also tends to be a little noisy and confusing at times. Have you ever just wanted to just sit down and make the world go away, even if it was just for a few seconds? Have you wondered if...
Hope for the Hard
Through the last number of years I have been learning the art of pressing on through adversity. I really shouldn’t call it “art” because so often it has been a teeth grinding, hand over hand, pressing onward that has looked far from inspiring. Most times it has been...