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The "Garden" of a Child's Mind

In his excellent book Gospel-Powered Parenting: How the Gospel Shapes and Transforms Parenting, William Farley offers these thoughtful and challenging insights that every parent and teacher should consider: I have...

The Importance of Application in Teaching

A must read for every parent and teacher is Tedd and Margy Tripp's book, Instructing a Child's Heart. I wish that my husband and I had had this book in our...

True Saving Faith—When is a Child Ready?

Back during Holy Week, we highlighted the message of the Cross and the glorious Gospel of Jesus . We also noted CDG’s resource Helping Children to Understand the Gospel. In...

"The _______ of the LORD is the beginning of wi...

Most of us are familiar with these words from Psalm 111:10 and know that the missing word is "fear."  But what comes to mind when we read "The fear of...

Looking for Opportunities to Help Nurture Your ...

In his book, Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, Paul David Tripp challenges us to look at the teen years in a new way, It is time for...

Learning at 5 and 55

Last fall I needed two maroon buttons for a jumper I was sewing for my 5-year-old granddaughter, Anna. I went with her and her mother to the one fabric store...