Pacification Parenting

Pacification Parenting

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Children begin life totally dependent upon someone else. Parents are gifted with a hormonal instinct to protect and nurture their young—a most compelling and satisfying drive. Nothing is required of the infant. We patiently tolerate crying, waking us in the night, throwing up all over us, and still we rush to meet their every need and desire. But, in about eighteen years, we will expect them to be totally autonomous souls fully responsible for themselves. That’s one crazy eighteen years, and who is sufficient for these things? Many kids are not ready to take responsibility when the time comes. Most are ... Read More
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Apprenticship

Apprenticeship

Michael Pearl

Our interactions with children have a great impact upon their development. Time invested in them today will pay dividends tomorrow. Learn how to plant seeds that will flourish long after you are gone.

Read Article June 2011 7 comments
Smiling elderly man with white beard wearing black, red and blue

Old Tom

Michael Pearl

Tom Slayman has spent a lifetime pursuing his passions. Even before he was a believer, he was a devoted father to his four children. Michael Pearl tells how Tom’s passion and vision helped create No Greater Joy Ministries.

Read Article June 2011 16 comments
Miniature pilot stands beside plane and salutes

The General Speaks

Mel Cohen, CFP, RFC, RTRP, General Manager

Mel Cohen, a Certified Financial Planner and Registered Financial Consultant, will be conducting seminars at Fort Rock Family Camp on Personal Finances, Business Finances, and how to self-publish your own book.

Read Article April 2011 4 comments
Mike Huckabee portrait

Family Government

Michael Pearl

Mike Huckabee stated that the family is the most basic form of government. Michael Pearl agrees and discusses the importance of making sure that children are trained to be self-governed and self-disciplined.

Read Article April 2011 12 comments
A mom homeschooling her little girl and toddler

Rising to the Challenge

Debi Pearl

A mother of three asks advice after her husband tells her to put the children in public school and begin studying for a degree. Debi offers advice on how to look on a husband’s motives with goodwill and gain his good favor.

Read Article April 2011 14 comments
Little Mexican girl following her mama through the open market in a city in Mexico carrying a pack on her back

Mexico Missions

Mike Richardson

Mike Richardson launched Vida Nueva Ministries to help struggling Mexican families. A radical decision changed his outlook and impacted the effectiveness of his ministry. Read how you can offer vital support.

Read Article April 2011 10 comments
Man standing in collard shirt and suit coat, reading the King James Version Bible

The Job of a Lifetime

Nathan Pearl

Nathan Pearl, son of Mike and Debi Pearl, offers this reminder that believers are called for a special purpose. What is that purpose? Who is called? What are the qualifications, and how are we to proceed?

Read Article April 2011 3 comments
A little blonde haired girl giving her big sister a kiss

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

Gracie, with a little help from Mama

Daddy leaves to run errands. They’re all out of dog food! Will Daddy remember to pick up food for the family pet? Find out what happens when Gracie prays for God to remind Daddy to get the dog food.

Read Article April 2011 2 comments
African American girl hugging her brother

Greasy Peanut Butter

Shalom (Pearl) Brand

Mike and Debi’s daughter, Shalom Brand, recalls a time when her jokester older brother got a lesson in natural consequences, and she learned that bacon grease tastes NOTHING like peanut butter!

Read Article February 2011 10 comments
Young husband asleep on leather couch

Lazy Husbands, Hungry Kids and Hopeful Wives

Michael Pearl

Facing homelessness, a concerned mother of toddlers asks what her response should be to a husband that stays on the computer, sleeps and leaves bills unpaid. Michael Pearl examines the circumstance in light of Scripture.

Read Article February 2011 69 comments