In ministering to so many kids and their families, I get a lot of parents asking questions on how to raise their children.  One question I get asked a lot is:  “What is wrong with our teens today?”  For convenience sake, you can read the list of answers I compiled to this complex question at my blog “What’s Wrong With Our Teenagers Today.” Continue Reading…

The girl’s garden at Shepherd’s Hill is already yielding bushel loads of tomatoes, peppers, zucchinis, and a myriad of other garden vegetables. You would never believe how much these techno-savvy, cell phone-addicted, computer-dependent; makeup and fingernail conscious young ladies actually love this gardening stuff! But, it doesn’t stop with the girls. Continue Reading…

Each generation may say “the world is a defective place to raise a kid.”  There’s been moral degradation since the beginning of time, but nothing like now.  Now, there is the erosion of Truth as an absolute, and the challenges of ever changing technology that stand in our way of effective parenting.  Remaining in God’s Truth and obtaining Biblical principles as your guide in parenting is never outdated. Continue Reading…

Teenagers are at a critical stage in their life where they are searching for direction, identity, and significance.  As parents, it is our responsibility to obtain a Biblical Worldview to help set the foundation to the security in our teens.  Owning a Biblical worldview is the key Continue Reading…

What does it mean to be a father?  What does it mean to be a good father, or a Godly father?   Parents too often under estimate, and over estimate, the importance the role a father has when it comes to bringing up their kids.  We too often under estimate just how important a father is in producing healthy offspring. Continue Reading…

I would like to elaborate on the end of my post titled “What’s Wrong With Our Teenagers Today.”  We have a youth problem largely because we have a greater parent problem.  We have a parent problem largely because we have a greater cultural problem.  We have a cultural problem largely because we have a greater church problem (2 Chronicles 7:14).  Today’s church Continue Reading…

I’m struggling with some of the voices coming out of Christian circles that seem to imply that Lady Gaga’s new “Judas” video may be of some redeeming value.   Though I’m sure there are some who might come away with something, I don’t think the masses will—especially our kids.  I think Continue Reading…

What is a biblical worldview, and how does it pertain to parenting?  First, maybe I should explain a biblical world view.  It’s our view of the world—our filter.  It’s what we automatically believe to be true about life and Continue Reading…

In general, our kids are way too over-stimulated with rights and privileges, while being way too under stimulated with responsibilities and obligations.  They have failed to attach reward to achievement; because, our politically correct culture has brainwashed them into thinking that “They deserve it” and “Everyone’s a winner.”  This results in Continue Reading…

In a world where teens spend 7 ½ hours a day in front of some kind of electronic stimuli—much of which is engaging more than one device at a time—how can a parent expect much more than a “Stepford child” for a teen?  The only problem is Continue Reading…