strongerby1

I’ve been on staff at Family Vision Ministries for about 5 months now, and before that, the small groups and missions pastor at LifeChurch.tv for almost 6 years.  I’m not sure I would have been a Christ follower at all, let alone a servant of the church and now families worldwide, if it hadn’t been [...]

We expect our kids to treat each other better than they treat their best friends.  There is no single relationship in our lifetime that will outlast that of a sibling relationship… not your spousal relationship, nor friendships, not even your parental relationship will span more time than that of your siblings.  Chances are, like me, [...]

What drives a kid to sell-out to a coach or teacher or even their friends, but rebel against their parents?
Kids don’t rebel against authority, they rebel against lack of relationship.
Yup R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P is the key to what drives and directs your kids, good and bad.  In fact, I would say there is no more important a factor [...]

My middle daughter Mackenzie will be turning 12 at the end of the month, and we are celebrating her coming into young womanhood with a rite of passage party, and a big challenge.  The expectations are unmistakably high, but I can tell you she is absolutely excited about living up to these qualities already having [...]

In our culture, we’ve lost the true definition of moving from childhood to adulthood by creating this ambiguous thing we call a ‘teenager’.  Did you know the word teenager wasn’t even in use until after WWII?  Go here to find out more about the history of the teenager.
In fact, when I look at what the [...]

This is one of my favorite quotes of all time regarding lack of vision.

Most are familiar with the story of Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, American author, political activist, and lecturer.  Helen was deaf and blind people.  She had an isolation from the world none of us [...]

My daughter Jordan just turned 13 in the last few weeks. It’s a big deal to move from a pre-teen “kid” to an actual teenaged “woman”, just like it was for you and me. My wife and I wanted to make it a big deal for her, so we gave her twice the budget we’d [...]

Does your family have a vision?  Sure you’ve probably set goals, core values, and developmental measurables in your business world, but have you thought to do the same for your family?  And why on Earth haven’t you?  Every family will end up somewhere, but very few end up somewhere on purpose.
Our family has this ID, this Vision, this [...]