Fear & Faithfulness
While fear certainly keeps us from jumping off of skyscrapers or putting our hand on a hot stove, fear makes a lousy motivator. Fear will prevent you from doing...
Author: Kevin Simmons
You Need To Fight For It
More often than not, we’re fighting to be right. We think our perspectives are clearly right, and we want the other person to cave and surrender to our rightnes...
It Matters That You’re There
We don’t have a lot of forced conversations that come from different perspectives. Most of us engage in conversation that is comfortable and stays pretty much i...
It’s Hard Work
It is, though, impossible to predict, from the sidelines, how much work parenting will be. You can’t simulate how the responsibility of leading a kid all day, e...
It’s Not About You
One of the most subtle and, arguably, significant attacks we undergo is the over-inflation of our sense of worth and value. It’s simply pride. Pride will always...
I Choose Love
I can’t count the times I’ve asked my kids about the decisions they’re making. We want our children to grow up making wise choices. We help them learn to unders...
Our Greatest Loyalty
We teach our kids that it's essential to be kind to strangers, respectful to their teachers, and lots of other useful things. We also show them, rightly so, tha...
I Will Be Responsible On Social Media
With all the potential struggles involved in navigating social media, I still believe it’s a viable platform to connect and communicate with the appropriate gui...
I Won’t Believe Everything I Read On The Internet
Sometimes the fake news is what we read. Sometimes the fake news is what we think when we read it. Even more often, fake news is the story we tell ourselves.
I’d Rather Make A Difference
How do you really make a difference I’ll make this pretty simple: look to Jesus. Jesus saw you in a mess. He left the comforts of heaven. Released His rightful ...
I’m Not Judging You
We need to maintain a critical eye over our own thoughts, attitudes, words, and actions. How often does that critical eye turn outward and become a critical hea...
We Need Friends
We should rightly teach our kids to value and appreciate all other kids, regardless of their color, ethnicity, home life, affluence, or popularity. As a parent,...