Can you think of someone in your life that served as an example of how the Christian life was to be fleshed out? Maybe it was one of your parents or a grandparent, an aunt, or uncle. For some it was a person in their church. This individual contended to be a Christian and it [...]

So much of our training time with our grandchildren focuses on outward compliance to parental authority. Too much of our Christian training focuses on outward compliance at the expense of inward transformation. Maturity must focus on a make-over of the heart. Impacting children for life, involves reaching the heart. Jesus tells us that foolish thinking, [...]

Sometimes Grandparents Talk Too Much! I remember the words of a song in the 60’s by Joe Jones … “You talk too much you worry me to death, you talk too much you even worry my pet … you just ta-a-a-a-alk, talk too much!” … Ring a bell?    All of us know people who [...]

I don’t know about you, but Carolyn and I are serious about our desire to spend eternity with our children and grandchildren in heaven. We want the whole family to be with us and we are taking measures to make it happen. Maybe you feel the same?   We have a five week training seminar [...]

What to do for the rest of ‘22 It’s hard to believe but nearly 60% of 2022 is behind us. Where has the time gone? "Time flies over us”, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, “but leaves its shadow behind." For us, the activity we produce in the context of time contributes to our legacy as grandparents. Entrepreneur, [...]

An open letter to the grandkids... Each of you have been on my mind. I know you are giving thought to a career and what you plan to do in life to support yourself. You’ve come to that time where you are grappling with how to support yourself and eventually your family. This is a [...]

Have You Considered Your Life Legacy? In 2020, the evangelical church was rocked with the passing of a highly respected servant. After his death it was discovered he had been living a double life of immorality, deceit and evil exploitation. An honorable Christian legacy had become compromised with gross sin. When we pass from this [...]

How Should We Live in 2022? $5.07 for a gallon of gas for my hybrid! No, that's not what I pay but that is the asking price. With this and moral frustrations we feel, the Bible reminds us it shouldn't surprise us in a ... "crooked and perverse generation" (C&PG). Truth is, every generation has [...]

A plumber rang the doorbell.  When a woman answered the door, He greeted, “Good morning, ma’am, I’m the plumber. I’ve come to fix the pipe.” “But I didn’t call a plumber.” “You didn’t? Aren’t you Mrs. Foster?”  “No, she moved away a year ago.” “How do you like that? They call a plumber, claiming it’s [...]

Grandpa Blair was my mom’s dad. He lived with us when my brothers and I were children growing up in Sunnyside, Washington. Grandpa didn’t have any real teeth. He had false teeth. I remember he was always old. He had always been in his 80’s in my memory, but continued to run a Richfield gasoline [...]