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 […]
22 Ideas to Help Teens and Tweens Love the Bible and Draw Near to God on Their Own
When I was twelve, a youth pastor challenged our Sunday school class to read Proverbs each day. He must have said something about writing down what we were learning, because I started writing down my thoughts when something was particularly challenging. It was at this time that I started taking seriously the responsibility of learning […]
Requiring Devotions Again
The last month or so, I’ve been “requiring” Bible reading. I know some of my friends will smile at me (they think I’m strange for debating this topic in my mind as long as I have), but I’m torn. I’m mostly wanting to balance the need for them to know what part of their spiritual […]
