With each new year come joys and challenges in a stepfamily. We are thirteen years down the road from blending four children and they are now all adults, two are…
Hurting or Helping the Children At Christmas?
With holidays upon us there are many opportunities for divorced parents to either hurt or help their shared children. Many co-parents fight and argue over who gets to have the…
Why Family Discipleship in America is Critical to the Church at Large
Strengthen the Family Leaders for healthy spiritual growth. While evangelism has accomplished the good and important work of bringing people to Christ, there now exists a significant gap between the…
Holiday Chaos For Kids Of Divorce
In working with children, I hear them talk about some of the most interesting experiences when mom and dad are divorced. One of the most common themes is related to…
Family Activities For This Fall Season
Crisp evenings and drier air usher in the annual return of the fall season. Days shorten, temperatures drop, and firewood pops. October presents a peak show of colors, scents, and…
Train Them Up
Proverbs 22:6 says “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”. Most of us have heard this…
Unplanned Grandparenting: Expecting the Unexpected Gives Grace Under Pressure
In 1978, the United States Congress passed legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. Therefore, this year we will celebrate Grandparents’ Day on September 11th.…
P.R.E.P.A.R.E. For The Start Of School
As the sultry days of summer press on and the calendar flips to August, it signifies the beginning of school. The new school year offers a fresh start, new friends,…
Words Matter; So, Do Names
When I was a teenager, my father, Morris Boquet, explained a valuable lesson to me that I remember vividly, fifty plus years later. From time to time, he would allow…
A Word In Support Of Good Teachers
This article is based on an interview with Laurie Cardoza Moore, Founder and President of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations and Chairman of Taking Back America’s Children the focus of…