“Your job as a parent is to make your child socially desirable by the age of four.”—Dr. Jordan Peterson I wish I had constructed that sentence. I have expressed the same sentiment (...)

Have you ever thought about the fact that when Eve was offered the fruit in the garden she was told she would be like the gods, knowing both good and evil? It was true that she (...)

Recently I was assisting my 44-year-old son Gabe who was doing some upgrade work on NGJ property. As I was dumping a bucket load of creek gravel inside some concrete forms, he (...)

I have a chain-smokin’ grandma and I want to tell you all about her! Generally when I talk about my grandma, I mention her laugh or the fact that as we walk outside admiring her f (...)

Just the other day, I heard an old mule trainer make one of the wisest statements about child training I have ever heard. He was not talking about children; he was talking about (...)

There is no greater calling, no greater cause, no greater choice, than to engage in the Holy Spirit work of leading people out of hell into heaven! When a person breathes his (...)

August 22, 2021, marked our 50th anniversary. It has been an interesting 50 years. In 1971 Mike was an ordained Southern Baptist but was pastoring an Independent Baptist Church (...)

by Charmayne Khan Last evening as I was digging in the dirt, I was thinking about my journey in homeschooling. The question came to me, "What would I be like if I did not (...)

Either I have forgotten what it is like to be solely responsible for a two-year-old, or I have gotten out of shape—both physically and mentally. My daughter Shoshanna left J (...)