How To Fight For Your Kids, Not With Them

How To Fight For Your Kids, Not With Them

This is the fourth reflection on the book by Growing With by Kara Powell and Steve Argue. If you want to start from the beginning, start here. You might think I’m writing these posts for you, and I am, sorta. Really, I’m writing these posts for me, as a...
The Five Words That Are  Killing The Conversation With Your Teen

The Five Words That Are Killing The Conversation With Your Teen

This is my third reflection on the Growing With book by Kara Powell and Steve Argue. You can catch up on my journey here. I’m going chapter by chapter, fleshing out my Withing skills. I have three kids between the ages of 19 and 26 so this book has caught me at...
3 Roles Teens Need Their Parents To Take On To Help Them Grow

3 Roles Teens Need Their Parents To Take On To Help Them Grow

This is my second post in a series on the book Growing With by Kara Powell and Steve Argue and covers my thoughts from chapter two. You can read the first post here.   I appreciate Kara and Steve’s honesty. They are clear though-out the book that they have...
3 Keys To Growing With, Not Apart From, Your Children

3 Keys To Growing With, Not Apart From, Your Children

“I’m tired of her looking down on me. I’m going to tell her the truth even if she doesn’t want to hear it.” So goes the recent conversation I had with my 24 year old son in regards to a flare up between him and his sister (26) at a family...
Letting Parents Power Your Youth Youth Ministry

Letting Parents Power Your Youth Youth Ministry

This is my eighth post in my series The 9 Dynamic Ways To Revive Your Youth Ministry. You can start the series HERE  I can remember a parent coming to me with a concern that middle school girls (of which she had one) was not getting enough attention. I responded,...