Do you know where your blindspots are, particularly as a parent? Probably not to the extent that you should, that’s why they are called blindspots! Over the next few days I would like to comment on some blindspots mentioned in portions of an article posted on Josh Harris’s blog, an article written by Reb Bradley [...]
Posts Tagged ‘parenting’
Reflections on Parenting Blindspots
Posted in contemporary culture, Family, tagged blindspots, parenting on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Help kids live in this world
Posted in Family, Personal growth, tagged parenting, Parenting for Joy on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I found a recent article in the Atlantic fascinating (even though I found the opening quote unnecessary, and am not supportive of the culture of therapy). Hardship and discipline are good for our kids, and we shouldn’t protect them from these things. “It’s like the way our body’s immune system develops,” he explained. “You have [...]
Parents: Failure is part of the deal for your kids
Posted in Family, Personal growth, tagged parenting, Parenting for Joy on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Collin Hansen has an excellent article on the cult of self-esteem in our culture and helping children to handle failure. He concludes it well when he writes this: This last part strikes me as most difficult for Christian parents. We rightly want to shield our children from the pain of sin, especially the sort we [...]
Parenting and Christian Freedom
Posted in Biblical Studies, contemporary culture, Family, tagged parenting on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hobbes: Is it a right to remain ignorant? Calvin: I don’t know, but I refuse to find out. This humorous interchange between Calvin and Hobbes highlights the fact that sometimes we decide on issues in the Christian life in which there is not just one right way, but there is freedom. Sojourn Kids, a ministry [...]
Being a Helpless Parent
Posted in Biblical Studies, Books and articles, Family, tagged parenting on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Leslie Leyland Fields sent me her book a few weeks ago, “Parenting is your Highest Calling”, and Eight Other Myths that Trap us in Worry and Guilt. Over the next few weeks I am going to post some thoughts from the book, and from the interview that Dennis Rainey had with her last week on [...]
The Myth of the Perfect Parent: Faith over Formula
Posted in Family, Personal growth, tagged children, parenting on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sojourn Kids highlights an interesting article from Christianity Today on this subject. I believe the whole article is worth reading. The author begins by addressing some faulty assumptions in parenting and parenting “techniques” or “formulas”: We must assume, then, that there is serious error in our beliefs about parenting. We have made far too much [...]
When I do My Best Parenting
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, parenting on January 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Paul Miller, in his book, A Praying Life, writes this about parenting and prayer: It took me seventeen years to realize I couldn’t parent on my own. I was not a great spiritual insight, just a realistic observation. If I didn’t pray deliberately and reflectively for members of my family by name very morning, they’d [...]
Hugging as Spiritual Warfare
Posted in Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Family, tagged children, parenting on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am a hugger and come from a line of established huggers… So, with that background it is no surprise that hugging my own children is so common to me that I almost do not notice it… Over the last year or so, however, I have reflected more on the value of this expression of [...]
Parenting and… doctrine?
Posted in Family, tagged parenting on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some people might be surprised, some even taken aback by putting these two words together because parenting seems to be practical, whereas many think doctrine is not. I was reading a book by Martyn-Lloyd Jones this morning, The Life of Peace, which is on Philippians 3-4. He was commenting on Philippians 4:1-3, in which Paul [...]
Losing a child, Learning about sin
Posted in contemporary culture, Family, tagged parenting, selfishness on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take Your Vitamin Z posts a challenging and heart-wrenching story about the short life of their friend’s adopted child. The Browns adopted Matthew Patrick even after learning and knowing full well he had a rare disorder which meant he would live only for 4-12 months. After about 24 hours they found out that Matt had [...]
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