February 2021

In my last message I wrote about how instilling the right mindset in our children can help them to face hardship. In this message I am going to write about how instilling habits of faithfulness in our children will help them to grow in strength and maturity. In his “Life of Aemilius Paulus” Plutarch wrote, […]

In my last message I wrote about how fear can derail our parenting. In this message I am going to write about how instilling the right mindset in our children will help them to face hardship. In the “Life of Otho” Plutarch wrote, “For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune,

In my last message I wrote about how love is a stronger motivator than fear. In this message I am going to continue to explore how fear can negatively effect our parenting.  While discussing Artaxerxes Plutarch wrote, “Fear is the bloodiest passion in princes.” Fear provokes leaders to oppression, to actions they regret in times

In my last message I wrote about overcoming weakness of will. In this message I am going to write about how love, not fear, is the strongest and deepest motivator. “For fear and force, a great navy and standing army of ten thousand hired barbarians are not, as [Dion’s] father had said, the adamantine chains