Understanding Marriage and Family

     So you want to not be a sucky parent? Well, get in line! No one wants to be a sucky parent (we should hope) but they are not sure how. All hope is not lost. Why do we want to be parents anyway? Well, we begin to realize that wants we die, that's it. There will never be another one of us ever in the world. In a way, we want to leave our mark in the world. Why not do it with a mini version of ourselves? We want to socialize our children, and "Protect and prepare to survive and thrive in the world." Interestingly enough, when you look at a mom and dad holding a child, they hold the child differently. Usually, mothers will hold the child facing towards them, towards safety and protection. Dads will hold children facing the world, as a way to prepare them for what they will face. I think it's a natural instinct more than an actual decision to hold the child that way.       There are certain steps we need to take when disciplining children. First, give a polite reques

Okay, so the test is life. And if you want to be chill with God, you might want to do well on this test. Actually, your absolute best. And news flash, that perfect family that keeps posting pictures of their perfect family on social media? Yeah, they are not exempt from this test. Anyone who is alive on this Earth right now is part of this test. Everyone. There's no free-be's, shortcuts, or opt-outs. But, there is a way to endure. And that is through...yep, you guessed it. The gospel! The gospel of Jesus Christ that is.      So what is so hard about life? Well, if you have to ask that, then something is seriously wrong with you. Because everyone knows that. But did you know that some 90% of divorces can be linked back to a financial dispute? Yeah. Money. It's a killer. We love it so much but really, money loves no one. Because it doesn't have a heart. Or legs. Or body parts at all really.     In my class, we have an effective way of putting this-$tre$$. But it doesn&

Take a trip with me back in time. Way back. To the beginning. Adam and Eve were a family unit. They worked together with their kids. They taught them the gospel of course, but they weren't going to get food unless someone farmed it, harvested it, and plucked it. And they all worked together to have a living. Genesis 1:28 says, "   28  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be  fruitful , and  multiply , and  replenish  the  earth , and subdue it: and have  dominion  over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Adam and Eve worked together. Work brings us together. As time went on, families still worked together to earn their living. Farmers had every son and daughter on hand doing some form of work to help keep up the farm. But as the industrial revolution hit, only men would go to work. Not saying that it is bad for men to work and no one else to, but something was lost along the way. Today, kids