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Michael Kelley

August 4, 2021 Encouragement, Encouraging, Family, Family Ministry, Parent Helps, Parenting

3 OBSTACLES TO FRIENDSHIPS BETWEEN YOUR CHILDREN

Do you know what your favorite sound in the world is? I know mine. It’s when I hear our children laughing and playing and talking together in another …

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July 19, 2021 Encouragement, Gospel-Centered, Parent Helps

HOW JOHN 3:16 ANSWERS THE 3 BIG QUESTIONS OF LIFE

A person can define the seasons of their lives in many different ways. You might, for example, define a life season based on your living arrangements. …

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June 30, 2021 Family, Parent Helps, Parenting

3 QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS TO ASK BEFORE SAYING “YES” TO ANOTHER ACTIVITY

I am consistently amazed by the sheer volume of opportunities there are for children in today’s culture. It seems like everywhere you turn there is a …

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June 16, 2021 Discipleship, Family, Family Ministry, Parent Helps, Parenting

ONE UNEXPECTED WAY TO MODEL GOD’S CHARACTER FOR YOUR FAMILY

We have a lot of roles as dads. Depending on your child, and depending on their age, you might find yourself as a coach, a tutor, or a counselor. You …

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May 24, 2021 Discipleship, Encouragement, Family, Parent Helps, Parenting

3 Things Not to Say When Your Child Fails

Sometimes I feel like a failure. I think everyone does. And without trying to be self-deprecating, I’ve lived long enough, worked long enough, and …

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April 5, 2021 Discipleship, Encouragement, Kids Ministry

Discipleship is Not a Factory. It’s a Field.

Samuel Slater was born into an English farming family. He got a basic education, but at age ten began working at a cotton mill. He was later …

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January 27, 2021 Discipleship, Parent Helps, Parenting

Don’t “Outsource” Discipleship

My dad is an increasingly rare kind of man. He grew up the son of a farmer outside of a town with one stoplight in the Texas panhandle. He spent his …

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September 23, 2020 Parenting

3 Reasons Why “How Was Your Day?” Is The Wrong Question to Ask Your Children

Fine.” Sometimes I wonder if that’s the response that Adam got from Cain when he asked him throughout his life, “So how was your day, son?” I can …

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July 1, 2020 Parenting

4 Ways You Can Demonstrate the Gospel to Your Children Today

More and more, I’m finding parenting is less about significant single moments, and more and more about the accumulation of a multitude of smaller …

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March 16, 2020 Encouragement, Kids Ministry, Parent Helps, Parenting

4 Truths For The Discouraged Parent

Parenting is hard. Newsflash, right? While nobody who has ever had a child is surprised by that statement, what has been consistently surprising to my …

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