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Are you at a loss for ideas to engage your grandchildren and build on your relationship? In this age of nonstop digital entertainment, we need to be intentional in our role as grandmothers. I hope you will find at least one or two ideas that will inspire your creativity and present more opportunities for meaningful conversation.
According to the biblical record, Isaac’s wife, Rebekah, was a deceiver. She came from a family of deceivers and gave birth to deceivers who gave birth to deceivers. Because she was a grandmother, I studied her that I might learn from her. I learned what we sow, we reap. Rebekah had two sons, Jacob and Esau. According to Genesis 27, Rebekah manipulated Jacob, and he deceived his father, Isaac, and
There’s a story of a grandmother who never heard from her grandchildren. Every Christmas she would send them a check but would never hear back from them. The checks were cashed, but there came no thank you note, no phone call, no text message to express their gratitude. One Christmas she changed things up. She sent a check to each grandchild—unsigned. That year, she heard from every one of her
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Mountains Move When Grandmothers Pray Twenty-five years ago, a piece of Gilbert Fonteneau’s heart went missing. Yet, his prayer for his granddaughter, wherever she was, changed the direction of her life and the depth of her faith forever. The story is fictional, but the power of our prayers for our grandchildren is real. Prayer moves the hand of God, who moves in the hearts and lives of our grandchildren. We
An Interview On Depression When a friend told me of a recent suicide, I decided to post this interview I conducted a few years back. Unfortunately, the subject seems more relevant today than it did then. My guest shared her experience of a year-long bout with depression. If you or someone you love is struggling with this debilitating illness, I pray my guest’s words will offer you encouragement as well