Category Archives: Parenting
Parenting: An Unbroken Line Of Christians
Passing On Your Faith to the Next Generation Seventeen years ago, Canadian Hockey Legend, a true friend, and a man I so look up to, Paul Henderson, gave me this challenge....
eZine #65: What To Teach Your Kids This Christmas
December eZine: What To Teach Your Kids This Christmas I’m the out-spoken “Merry Christmas” guy in a world where it’s not politically correct. It’s my part of the fight. Though Season’s...
Lifting Up Others—Tips on Being an Encourager
Lifting Up Others—Up Close and Personal Tips on Being an Encourager To ENCOURAGE by definition means to give support, to foster confidence and to bring hope. The breadth of its current usage in our...
Parenting: 7-Step Model for Kids—Healthy Internet Use
A 7-Step Social Media Introduction Model for Healthy Internet Use for Our Kids Our world is becoming more and more digital all of the time. We MUST equip and prepare our...
Parenting: Children Through the Eyes of Jesus
I was Jesus once. No, not in a dream or some fantasy game but in real life. It’s true. Work with me and don’t question my sanity too much, but for...
Marriage: Drop the “EDGE”—A Journey into Graciousness
Let’s be clear—I’m a recovering “edge-aholic”. I will be speaking out of a deep, insatiable and ongoing need to deal with my own lack of graciousness. I have often said when I’m...
Parenting: Keeping the Connection through the Teen Years
Keeping the Connection through the Teen Years You and your kid don’t have to grow apart during the teen years. It is true that there is a natural drive for independence...
Parenting: Obedience Beyond Parenting
Obedience is not about "Do this or else" but an offer to "please stay close and safe”. I was struck recently by something that maybe should be a given, but I...
Parenting: Are you the primary influence in your child’s life?
INDELIBLE IMPRINT—Getting Straight A’s on your Parenting Report Card and Becoming the Primary Influence in Your Child’s Life. Are you the primary influence in your children’s life? Indelible. Not as common...
Parenting: Putting Your Marriage First
4 Unexpected Ways to Put Your Children First (By Putting Your Marriage First) The second highest demographic for divorce is people who are married 25–30 years! Does this shock you? We have couples...
Parenting: Online Nudity—Protect Your Kids
“Naked Pictures”—Helping Children Face the Inevitable and Premature Exposure to Online Nudity I am concerned about our little ones. I’m talking about our 4–7 year old children getting online exposure to explicit sexual...
Parenting: Rebellion in Children—How Parenting Rules Are Related
The Heart of Discipline: The Principle of New Covenant Parenting—How Rules Relate to Rebellion in Children One of my goals as a parent is to see my children be well-behaved and...
Parenting: Part 2—Redefining Boredom
Boredom Creates Opportunities for Us and Our Children In my pursuit to change our response to the word “boredom” in our home, I continually find more benefits of unscheduled time, particularly in...
Parenting: Part 1—Redefining Boredom
Surprising Tools for Raising Successful Children by David McVety I can’t count the number of times that my wife, Melissa, and I have been so caught up in our hectic lives...
Dr. Dave Currie: What I Learned about Life from Climbing Mount Baker
Summiting Mt. Baker in early July this year was “epic” for me. That became our team’s catchword of the day. My adult children had decided to give my Mt. Baker dream...