Every summer has its own potential legacy. Will it be time frittered away or time well spent? Maybe it can be a time to build relationships. Or maybe it can be an opportunity to invest in things that the rest of the year does not afford the time to do. The legacy of summer is [...]
The importance of a grandparent's prayers for their grandchildren and the influence they wield can be a powerful means of securing the legacy and the hearts of the next generation. There is no substitute for the legacy and influence of grandparents in the lives of their grandchildren. My Gram Rogers left a legacy that transformed [...]
The summer months are drawing near and plans to spend time with loved ones are likely already underway. But what if such plans did not have to be only once a year? Retirement is an opportunity to consider what you wished you would have done in earlier seasons of your life when things were busier. [...]
When the feared health diagnosis is now our loved one's reality, knowing how to care for them can be overwhelming. Suddenly, our lives can become consumed with questions, and the suffering of the one we love can make it difficult to know how to move forward. But sometimes, the best demonstration of care is not [...]
How are you living? How you are living will impact how you are leading, which impacts those in your inner sphere. When you live well, love well, lead well, and leave well, God is glorified, and this world is reached with the gospel. Culture has cultivated a lot of followers of fads, all the while [...]
October is Long-Term Care Month and a good reminder to consider now the future of your loved ones. Below are 3 ways to take care of loved ones after you are gone. My wife Cathy and I will never regret taking care of our dads. We were blessed to have been able to do so, [...]
We all have dreams for our children that they would flourish and be healthy and successful. But what happens when they are not? When failure looms over your legacy, there might be victory around the bend. The decisions and mistakes our adult children make have a much bigger impact than the decisions and mistakes they [...]
As the final days of summer begin to fade and school looms ahead for families, the influences that our children will face have the potential to undo all that we have worked for. Raising godly children in an ungodly culture seems impossible. What's a parent to do? Maybe you've done "all the things" that should [...]
Every Father's Day is a reminder to everyone to honor their fathers. But it is also a reminder to Christian fathers to examine the hopes they have as a dad and to remind themselves to continue to press on toward those hopes. A father's hope in Christ helps the common hopes of this life to [...]
It began the first time I gazed into your eyes. A connection I had not known before. You were mine . . . but I would one day have to let you go. And as I prayed for you, cared for you, taught you, disciplined you, and loved you, my heart prayed over you words [...]
