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Raising up Missionaries

July 28th, 200912:07 PM ET

By Ann Dunagan

"We didn’t make a plan to raise up missionaries; we made a plan to raise up children who joyfully love and serve our Lord. Whether He calls them to the military, to missions, to teaching, to the pastorate . . . it doesn’t matter. ALL we have wanted for our children (career wise) is for them to love and serve the Lord..." - Laurel Diacogia...
June 22nd, 200910:34 PM ET

By Ann Dunagan

Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny Often, parents and teachers ask their children, "What do YOU want to be when you grow up?" In a world that is increasingly self-seeking, self-centered, and self-absorbed, the answers are consistently more egocentric-"a movie star," "a rock star," "a dance star." Even within the church, this present genera...
Training Kids (and Teens) On-Target

April 28th, 200903:38 PM ET

By Ann Dunagan

In training our children, we need to aim them toward the bulls-eye of God's destiny. Instead of focusing on the "NO" side of man's legalism (emphasizing endless rules and regulations) it's much more fulfilling to challenge our kids to live on the "YES" side of God's life and love (emphasizing His eternal plans and purposes). With an inward...
What is God's Purpose for Parenting?

March 27th, 200905:31 PM ET

By Ann Dunagan

If we really desire to be a "better parents" with a "better families" we need to look at life from God's perspective. Yes, God deeply loves andcares about our families. However, the end goal is not to produceamazing role-model kids, so others can put us on a pedestal. The goal is not for our families to "look good" or to impress others. The goal i...
Single Moms Raising Boys

January 19th, 200906:13 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

One of the questions I'm continually asked by single moms is, "What simple advice can you give me to help raise my boy to become a good man?" The following are a set of small action steps every single mom can take while raising boys. I encourage you to modify these suggestions and combine them with your own ideas to develop a plan that works best ...
The Footsteps We Leave: Fathers & Sons

January 15th, 200905:45 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

Fathering is at the heart of masculinity. I don't mean just fathering a child--any adult male can do that. I mean actually raising one and being responsible for another human being's life. I think it completes a man and matures him in ways that he cannot attain without going through the self-sacrifice that fathering requires. Fathering may be t...