It’s been several years since I started helping my children make goals each semester. Much of the time I’m simply walking them through the motions of goal setting, and then leaving them with the goals. I’m trying to encourage independence, not add another layer of micromanagement. But thus far, I’ve seen only glimmers of initiative […]
Summer Plans and Accomplishing Goals
Three years ago, I started trying to help my children develop some skills that they didn’t have the maturity to know they needed. I tried to explain the long-term benefit, so they would own the goals, but it wasn’t very successful. I think this was the first time I documented some sort of attempt at […]
Showing Hospitality When You Don’t Have a House
Had a short discussion with my kids about their own hospitality. I can tell they are owning the discussion because they asked “How can we be hospitable without a house?” Their question is encouraging and revealing. It is encouraging because they recognize that the commands in the Bible for Christians to show hospitality are for […]
Now Available: Parenting with Mercy
I know I’ve been relatively quiet since we’ve moved to Virginia. We live next to the Great Dismal Swamp, which makes up for being swampy by having a name that Anne of Green Gables would have loved. We found a good church, and good friends. The main reason I’ve been quiet is that I have […]
