American Christian Parenting

“Let your conscience be your guide.” A couple of generations ago that phrase could be used freely and everyone knew what was meant by it.  Today, I’m not so sure!!  But the subject’s worth looking at precisely because our conscience does guide us.  It causes great conflict within us if we act contrary to it. […]

The recent outpouring of gifts of money for the little Christian Pizzeria in Indiana, totaling at this point $520,000, reminds me of the Spirit of the American Colonists when England chose to close the port of Boston in retribution for their Constitutional act of resistance during the Tea Party. England chose Boston to punish, thinking […]

You may wonder at the topics that appear on this blog.  What do they have to do with parenting?  When you talk about American, are you being political?  When you say Christian, are you discriminating?  The topics you write about don’t seem to have anything in common with the nitty gritty of where I live […]

A couple of days ago I posted a blog about Re-parenting, and explained what it is.  From working with my clients and through my own experience, I realized just how difficult it is to understand the concept and grab hold of it for yourself.  It makes such a huge difference in life, and it’s such […]

Moral clarity – having a clear sense of what is right and what is wrong, and therefore what action must be taken – is a quality that is sadly lacking in the culture of today.  It is lacking in our homes, our schools, our businesses, our media, certainly in the arts and entertainment, and most […]

“Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress.  If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption.  If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . […]

I so longed for beauty and to bring something that’s of worth to the Lord as an offering at Christmas and to the children out of my love for them and my need to express it with something of my own making – something that’s a part of me – given to them.  That desire […]

The above quote is from John Locke’s ” Some Thoughts Concerning Education” – 1690 Education, according to Noah Webster’s definition in his 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language, is defined as:  The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners.  Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended […]

Re-parenting is simply the process by which we replace strongholds of thought processes in our minds built by our early influencers – parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, etc.  As children we lacked the brain development to sift through the messages, spoken and unspoken, which shaped our thinking and later became subconscious habit patterns of thought which […]

What does Memorial Day mean to you?  Could you explain to your children the meaning behind the celebration of this day late in the month of May – associated with Graduation, end of school, beginning of Summer, a three-day weekend, opportunity for an outing to the beach, or a park, or cooking out and getting […]