8:00 AM: We arrive at Overlake Christian Church and gape at the size of the parking lot, the building–everything! The minute we walk in, we’re greeted by smiling people who get us registered and explain just how everything works. Excitement for the day runs high! 8:15 AM: With some time before the first General Session,…
Raising children deliberately takes, well, deliberateness. (That must be a word because I didn’t get a red line.) I can wring my hands over how to educate, how to prepare them for their life work, how to make sure they get socialized properly or participate in the right activities, but all of that is the…
We already know research backs up the notion that families eating around the table together has a profound impact on the quality of home and the unity of its members. An article in the Home Renaissance Foundation said, “…family dinners generate ‘human capital’. Kids who sit down regularly with parents and siblings do better at…