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A Glimpse Into the Mind of My Son
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting, Videos
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Throwing Away the Snowman
Posted by MK | Filed under Leukemia, Parenting
Today is, for me, one of the most difficult days of the year mainly because I love Christmas. I love everything about it. I’ve been listening to Christmas music since November 1 every day, all day. Our house has steadily done an advent calendar for the month of December. We even have a Santa Claus [...]
Licentiousness and Legalism at the Kitchen Table
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting, Theology
“I wish there were no rules.” That’s what my 7-year-old said at dinner the other night when he was confronted (again) with the answer of “no” for something he wanted to do (I think it involved eating peas). He’s living under the mindset right now that the rules are there to cramp his style. They [...]
Six Lessons from a Year of Family Devotions
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting
This past December, I finally sucked it up and started fumbling my way through leading our family in morning devotions. It’s been a wonderful, and frustrating, experience, and after 12 solid months, I think we’re in it to win it. That is, because we have consistently done this for a year, our kids now know [...]
My Favorite Prayer My Wife Prays for our Kids
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting
My wife keeps a set of notecards above the sink in our kitchen. Each one contains a particular characteristic that she prays the Lord would build into our kids. Each morning, she flips to another card and then recycles through them. It makes me smile to think that several decades from now those same cards [...]
Reflections From a Foster Parent
Posted by MK | Filed under Ministry, Parenting
My friend, Rob, writes about the last year and half his wife and he have spent as foster parents: At noon on a Thursday in mid-May 2010, we received a phone call that our foster care license was active. With significant limitations placed on the agency with regard to the kinds of kids we could [...]
How the Gospel Keeps You From Being Friends with Your Kid
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting
Everybody remembers “that mom” or “that dad” from high school. That’s the parent that would buy the alcohol, rent the movie, or simply not ask any question of their kid. At the time, I think all of us thought that was the “cool” parent and perhaps even wished our relationship with our parents were more [...]
Measuring Success in Your Child’s Activities
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting
Ballet. Baseball. Swim team. Running club. Scouts. Piano. These are just a few of the options on the table before our kids for extracurricular activities. And they’re 7, 4, and 1. I know these decisions are going to get harder as time goes on, both for them and for us. On the one hand, you [...]
Should You Make Your Kids Go to Church?
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting
Short answer? Yes. Absolutely. But let me pose the scenario for you: Joshua, our 6 year old, has started going to “big church” this year. He gets approximately 30 minutes of worship and then a 40 minute sermon. More Sundays than not, it’s a struggle. If you asked him, “Joshua, do you want to go [...]
Are You Provoking Your Children?
Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting
Paul tells us not to: “Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). I found this list of “ways you might be provoking your children” to be helpful: – By constantly criticizing them and not encouraging them. When they feel they [...]
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