Archive for July, 2007
Your Child Can Do Chores!
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Hardly a month goes by where a parent will not comment to me that they find it very difficult to get their children to do chores. They know their child will reap many benefits from daily or weekly chores but they seem unable to make it happen. Here are a few thoughts to help make [...]
Our Family’s Church Funding Effort
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007As many of you know our family has been listing books on Amazon to help raise funds for our Church’s Legacy Project. Since we have many books that are hard to sell on Amazon due to the $3.99 per book shipping costs we have decided to try our hand at selling books on EBay! [...]
Training Teens on Financial Matters
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007As many of you know I not only write for this blog but I also own and contribute to ThriftyTimes.com. This site aims to promote contentment and wise spending among Christians.
There are three posts over on ThriftyTimes.com that are valuable to parents of teens. The first article has to do with the new [...]
Be Careful Little Eyes What You See
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Some have asked why we monitor what our children watch and why we are careful with what we watch ourselves. Well, here are a few Scriptures we think can speak for themselves.
Leviticus 20:23 (New International Version)
23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. [...]
You Can Enjoy Clean Movies!
Saturday, July 7th, 2007You tell your children not to swear, but together you watch movies saying the very words you have instruct them not to use! You don’t want them to listen to or watch sexually inappropriate material. But there you are watching a movie a friend recommended when a very bad scene comes on. [...]
Happy Independence Day
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 For those of my friends in the US - Happy Independence Day! I was looking for pictures of the American flag when I realized that the front of my house was as “patriotic” as any so I went out and took a picture of my own house!
Like many US citizens, I am proud of [...]
Two Thrifty Times Articles For Parents
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007As many of you know my wife and I not only write in the Colossians2 blog, but we try to minister to families by helping them make wise financial decisions on a site called ThriftyTimes.com. Here are two articles of interest for parents:
Fun 4th Of July Crafts
Survive Road Trips With The Kids With a Special [...]
May God’s Love Overcome Such Evil
Monday, July 2nd, 2007For those of us who work with and dedicate our lives by passing on the love of Jesus to children and young adults the link below will forward you to a post that is almost too much to believe.
Matthew Henry said of John 10:
“How industrious are wicked people to do mischief! What plots will they lay, what pains [...]
Is Your Hope Deferred?
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”
Do you long for your children to behave and act properly? Do you dream of the day when your children will treat each other nicely? Is there a hope for a day filled with joy [...]