Parenting
She Fed a Stranger Before She Fed Her Own Son
A widow in Zarephath has just enough flour and oil for one last meal for herself and her son when Elijah asks…
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A widow in Zarephath has just enough flour and oil for one last meal for herself and her son when Elijah asks…
Elizabeth is barren and well past the age of childbearing when she finally conceives John the Baptist, and her first response to…
A father brings his convulsing son to Jesus after the disciples could not heal him, and when Jesus questions his faith, his…
A woman's only son dies suddenly at noon, and when her husband asks why she is riding out to find the prophet,…
Jochebed can no longer hide her infant son from Pharaoh's death decree, so she waterproofs a basket and places him in the…
Mary and Joseph search three frantic days for the twelve-year-old Jesus before finding him in the temple, doing something they had not…
An angel tells Manoah's wife she will bear a son set apart from birth, and Manoah's first response is to ask, twice,…
Hannah prayed for years for the son she eventually had to release. Her story is an early picture of a letting go…
Psalm 127 calls children a reward, not a cost. On the exhausting days, that is not a small reframe.
Moses never describes a single formative lesson for raising children in the fear of the Lord. He describes a rhythm repeated through…