Parenting
Creating a Family Mission Trip at Home
Parenting Points Mission trips offer transformative experiences for families to gain a heart for others and step out in faith, but not every family can embark on a traditional mission trip overseas. However, you can create a meaningful mission trip experience right at home, serving in your community. Discuss the Importance of Mission. Start by …
Encouraging Healthy Friendships in Your Kids
Parenting Points As kids grow up, their friendships play a vital role in their development and overall well-being. Healthy friendships can provide support, foster social skills, and create a sense of belonging. As parents, it’s essential to guide children in cultivating and maintaining friendships that reflect Christian values and have a positive influence on their …
Faith Talks at the Dinner Table: How to Spark Spiritual Conversations
Parenting Points In today’s busy world, family dinner can feel like a rare moment when everyone is finally in the same place at the same time. Between school schedules, work demands, and endless activities, the dinner table may be one of the only consistent spaces where families can slow down, reconnect, and build stronger relationships. …
Love in Action: Teaching Your Kids About Christlike Love
Parenting Points February often centers on hearts, cards, and expressions of affection, but as followers of Jesus, we have a deeper story of love to share. Christlike love goes beyond feelings or words; it is active, sacrificial, and compassionate. Teaching children what this kind of love looks like helps shape their character and allows them …
Family Vision Casting: Seeking God’s Direction for the Year Ahead
Parenting Points The beginning of a new year naturally stirs a desire for fresh starts and renewed purpose. For Christian families, January offers a beautiful opportunity to pause, pray, and intentionally seek God’s direction together. Vision casting isn’t about creating a perfect plan for the next twelve months—it’s about aligning your family’s hearts with God’s …
Waiting Well: Teaching Children the True Meaning of Advent
Parenting Points In a world that moves at lightning speed, waiting is rarely celebrated. Yet, for Christians, waiting is at the heart of Advent — the sacred season that leads us toward Christmas. Advent invites us to slow down, reflect, and prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ. Teaching your children to “wait well” during this …
Extending Your Table: Christian Hospitality in the Thanksgiving Season
Parenting Points As the Thanksgiving season approaches, families often gather around tables filled with food and gratitude. But for Christian families, this season offers more than just celebration—it’s an opportunity to live out our faith through hospitality. Christian hospitality isn’t about entertaining or perfection; it’s about opening our homes and hearts to reflect the love of …
Lighting the Darkness: Creative Ways to Bring Hope to Halloween
Parenting Points For many Christian families, Halloween can feel complicated. The holiday is often associated with darkness, fear, and themes that don’t align with our faith. Yet rather than avoiding the day altogether, it can be transformed into an opportunity to shine the light of Christ during it. After all, Jesus calls us to be …
Parenting Your Kids to Be Resilient in a Challenging World
Parenting Points We live in a challenging world, where we need the skill of resilience – the ability to recover from setbacks and keep going. We naturally want to protect kids from the challenges and hardships of this world, but the reality is that no matter how much we may want to, we cannot keep …
Nurturing Your Children’s Spiritual Gifts
Parenting Points Every child is uniquely gifted by God, with talents and abilities that can be used to serve others and bring glory to His name. As parents, one of the most meaningful ways to nurture their spiritual development is by supporting and encouraging their unique spiritual gifts. When we help our children identify their …
