To Be a College Parent: Be Their Praying Warrior
Whatsoever Series: Students are about to put into action all the training they’ve heard and seen in their families at home. Parents, are you up to the challenge? You are on the threshold of an updated role, to be revised and refined for the glory of God’s design. If that seems like a heavy statement,…
Stay on the Field Together
Whatsoever Series: Romans 5:3-5 “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” If you’ve ever sat on the…
Check Your Pulse
Whatsoever Series: Philippians 4:8-9 is a call to “whatsoever” well. Breathe it. Believe it. Live it. Do it. Speak it. Let it be the steady cadence of our beating hearts. The same exhortations could be said of God’s Love, this month’s theme, and to know Jesus fully for ourselves. To do what we believe, and…
How to Connect with Your College Student
Whatsoever Series: Students are about to travel home for Winter Break. Parents, there are a number of things you can do to be supportive of how much they’ve grown up while they have been away and be able to connect in new ways during the coming break. If you aren’t sure where to start, here…
Our Response Defines Our Character
Whatsoever Series: “Whatsoever is of good report…think on these things” (Phil 4:8-9). “…endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation” (Romans 5:4). This month, we welcome guest writer Abi Broda to the Whatsoever Series to encourage us to think on those things that demonstrate strength of character. Visit the Student…
Running a Race
Whatsoever Series: I enjoy running. It’s good for me. The crisp autumn air is invigorating…not. Running is difficult. It takes time, commitment, and a heap of energy. So, why do I try to do it? Because somewhere at some point in my younger years, runners were described as the epitome of holistic health. It’s the…
Pray in Full Hope of the Answer
Whatsoever Series: Philippians 4:8 “Whatsoever…if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things.” I need to tell you a story. It’s a story about hope, specifically the hope of a little girl and her wish to have a puppy. A dog story? Yep. Some of you may already be bracing yourself and reaching…
Being Patient
Whatsoever series: This month’s theme at Parent & Family Connections is patience. I can almost hear what some of you are thinking! Isn’t there some bit of age-old knowledge about not asking for patience? Yes, but at the moment, I am not asking for it. I am marveling at it. More specifically, I am marveling…
God Knows You By Name
Whatsoever series: This morning I read an article that estimated that for the duration of mankind, from the beginning until current day, there have been 90 to 110 billion people on the planet. Billion!! If I count the number of people in my family, friend, church, neighbor, co-worker, and simple acquaintances circles, I might have…
Take Your Jacket: Listening to God’s Voice
Whatsoever: The morning started like so many others: the alarm, getting ready, prepping my lunch, my husband’s lunch, and feeding the dog. On this particular morning, there was the added task of prepping my car. I would be driving it to the body shop for repair. While I grabbed the last of my gear for…
