Tag: parenting

Discipleship, Leadership

HOW A PARENT’S INFLUENCE TRUMPS CONTROL

More Is Caught, Than Taught! A couple of days ago, we looked at the parent-trap of trying to control a teen’s behaviour. It often leads

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Bible, Discipleship

HOW TO KEEP TEENS FROM EXASPERATION AND EMBITTERMENT

Dealing With Our Control Issues. Once a child hit’s puberty, a parent’s control begins to slip away. At puberty there are obviously chemical and hormonal changes

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Discipleship, Family, Leadership, Ministry

HELP! I’m Parenting a Teenager!

There once was a young man named Bobby Boucher. Bobby was raised in the Louisiana bayou. Bobby’s Mama loved him dearly! Out of that love, she tried her best to protect Bobby from the evils of this world. But little by little, her desire to love and protect Bobby turned into a constant effort to control Bobby.

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Discipleship, Leadership

BECOMING A PARENT THAT BALANCES RULES & RELATIONSHIP

Our Heavenly Father Holds the Keys This week, we’ve been discussing parenting, trying to find balance in how we raise our kids. So far, we’ve

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Bible, Discipleship

PARENTING WITH THE POWER OF COMPASSION

Learning From Jesus’ Ministry. This week we’ve been talking about how to show Biblical love as parents. Yesterday, we discussed the necessity of consequences that find

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Discipleship, Leadership

HOW TO BECOME A PARENT THAT SHOWS BIBLICAL LOVE

What Every Parent Needs To Know. The excitement is overwhelming for a young couple, about to have a baby. That moment, months before the baby arrives,

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Bible, Discipleship

HOW A SOCCER THEMED COOKIE MADE MY DAY

Today I want to write about cookies.

I want to write about cookies from Starbucks. I know, Canadian readers; typically the Norton family is a Tim Horton’s family. Nevertheless, Starbucks was on the way.

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Leadership, Ministry

WHAT IS “FAMILY RYTHM”

Skype Interview with Pastor Steve Bourque Parenting can be one of the most challenging, yet rewarding roles that our lives hold. There are plenty of

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Bible, Discipleship, Family

Children Catch More Than Parents Teach Them and Here’s Why

More is caught, than taught. Children and youth catch far more of what we model than we could ever teach them verbally. We can sit our sons and daughters down at the kitchen table and talk to them for hours on end, but what we model for them in our own lives is what will truly impact their futures.

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