More than fifteen hundred children were asked what makes a family happy. Their answers were almost identical: doing things together. That survey opens a sermon about the sixth chapter of Ephesians (Ephesians 6). Paul speaks there to children and to parents, and he sets fathers one clear limit, that they must not provoke their children to anger, because raising a child is meant to prepare them for the start, not to break them. Listen if you want your children to remember not the presents but the time you spent together.
Parenting – Helping Kids Take Off
Journey Through Life – To Be Continued
Life is all about change and facing new challenges, and some of them seem to be more than we can handle. To better rise to this challenge, it’s worth turning to the Book of Joshua, which tells the story of how the Israelites, though they didn’t feel prepared, had to enter their long-awaited Promised Land. It turns out that as we move forward, what matters most is who we walk with and whom we listen to.
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