(Re-posted from Spring Break 2018… because, let’s be honest, we could all use a refresher.) Spring Break is upon us! I would wager a guess that, for some parents, spring break elicits feelings from when you were young and anticipated a week of sleeping in, … Read More
A couple of great blogs from OTHER parenting sites!
Every so often, it’s good to let all the Renewed Family readers know about some other excellent parenting sites. Here are a couple of samples from two that I often look at. What Christian Parents Should Learn from the Normalize Atheism Movement by Natasha Crain from … Read More
The Command to Teach our Children
I recently added Psalm 78:5-7 to my memory verse rotation. It says:He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children so that a future generation— children yet to be born—might know. … Read More
Helping your kids keep God bigger than their problems
Being a kid is hard. Friends are tricky. School is tricky. Parents are tricky. And Church is tricky. No matter how you slice it, our kids face some really difficult choices, challenges, and changes. Considering that parents also face choices, challenges, and changes, it is … Read More
HELPING KIDS UNDERSTAND EASTER (PART 3): The Temple
When you sit down and think about it, you discover that Christianity makes some astonishing claims. Claims which aren’t easy to understand for adults, let alone children. So how does a parent explain Easter where the God-Man Jesus Christ died on the cross for our … Read More
Helping Kids Understand Easter (part 2): The market and the courtroom
When you sit down and think about it, you discover that Christianity makes some astonishing claims. Claims which aren’t easy to understand for adults, let alone children. So how does a parent explain Easter where the God-Man Jesus Christ died on the cross for our … Read More
Protecting Purity in Kids Workshop
Protecting Purity in Kids was a workshop Pastor Thom did this winter. It is intended to help parents understand their children’s sexual development, give tips for talking to them about sex and tools to keep their kids safe online.
What It’s Like to be Autistic (And How to Survive)
For some people with Autism, silence does not exist. Even in the quietest room, they might hear what others don’t – a clock ticking. The hum of a fluorescent light. The clacking of fingers on keyboards. The scraping of a pencil on paper. With sensory … Read More
Teaching our students to respect authority – being a light
In a world where every High School student is inundated with sports, school work, drama, and involvement in church, how can a student make their time count? How do they leave a legacy in the school? How do we encourage them to be a light? … Read More
Teaching our kids to respect authority
Canadian elections have come and gone and the world has stood agape as another Trudeau is poised to take office. I for one am not entirely sorry that we have the campaigning behind us, Facebook is back to its old happy narcissistic posting self instead … Read More
Living The Jesus Life
There is a certain way of living that you could call “The Jesus Life.” What does that mean? Aren’t you sometimes amazed by what High School students can accomplish in 24 hours. I have seen them go to school, come home, go to work, go … Read More
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