Ever have someone tell you they were going to start working out? They’re all hyped up. They say they are committed with a plan to achieve their goal. They bought the equipment and the new shoes and say they will meet you at your workout spot. They come once and then you don’t see them until the next week. After a …
Raising Kids With A Lasting Faith: Interview with Ken and Betsy Delgado
Our family was blessed to have Ken and Betsy join us for dinner in our home. What intrigued me about them was that all three of their grown children are following Christ and using their gifts to serve in ministry. The week prior to our dinner, we heard their son preach at their church and while there, met their daughter …
2.5 Years After Saddleback Cancels Youth Worship: Follow up Interview with Josh Griffin
Our first interview was 5 months after Saddleback started canceling youth worship once a month to have families worship together, appropriately called: Worship Together Weekend. As expected, everyone was excited about the change…at first…. In this second interview with Josh, we talk about the importance of kids in worship, what Saddleback has learned and how they have adjusted since starting …
A Lesson From the Movie: War Room
I hope all of you see the movie War Room. Not only is it an encouragement for marriages, there are so many other life lessons we are reminded of. One of them is the influence we have on our children. In the movie, their daughter, Danielle, writes down a list of prayers she has for God. She learned this fromseeing her …
LEGACY IS NOT FOUND IN WEALTH, FAME OR POWER
A Generational Impact that Transcends Your Life (This post is originally found at Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk website here.) Since antiquity, men have tried desperately to beat the game and achieve some measure of earthly immortality. The Egyptians built pyramids and filled them with material wealth they hoped to take along to the next world. Sorry Pharaoh. Grave robbers reaped …