Parent conversations: How can our family grow together in faith over the summer?
The beginning of summer always feels like a fresh start. New routines set in, and I find that if I’m not intentional, they’re not always the routines that I want…
Parent conversations: How can parents reinforce the importance of confirmation in their child’s life?
Confirmation is a rite of passage for many confessional Lutheran young people. Yet as important as their confirmation day is, most would agree that it’s the years leading up to…
Parent conversations: Why should children obey their parents?
Parenting techniques come and go, but the answer to this month’s question is based on more than new research or a passing fad. It’s based on the solid rock of…
Parent conversations: Do we want our children to be leaders or followers?
There is a natural tension between leading and following. Yet I believe the Christian needs to walk the tightrope of both. Figuring out how to translate that for our children…
Parent conversations: What are the best Bible story books for family devotions?
Forward in Christ is featuring the stories of two adults and how they read their Bibles in our “Free in Christ” column this month. What about children, though? What resources…
Parent conversations: How can we raise a generation that cherishes life?
Many Christians hoped that when Roe v. Wade was overturned, a new page would be turned in the United States’ history of preserving life. We have been disappointed, which is…
WELS podcasts: The Well Mind Podcast
Podcast: The Well Mind Podcast Host: Dr. Ben Kohls Description: “The primary focus of this podcast is to engage people in discussions about a broad range of topics related to…
Parent conversations: What Christmas traditions do you cherish in your family?
Family. That’s the common denominator for me. When I’m thinking about Christmas traditions, they all revolve around family. Close family. Extended family. Church family. School family. Work family. Friends and…
Parent conversations: What is our goal as parents?
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing," wrote Stephen Covey in his best-selling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Yet that's easier said than done,…