Posted on Aug 21, 2014 in Parenting Article | Tags: child, christ, church, coping, god, grace, help, hope, jesus, kill, lansing, lutheran, mi, michigan, parent, shepherd of the hills, signs, suicide
Identifying And Helping A Suicidal Child
Every 90 minutes in America, a young person kills himself. One-third of all teenagers in the United States say they have considered suicide – 15% have thought about it seriously and 6% have actually tried to kill themselves, according to a Gallup Poll. Here are some potential warning signs.
Posted on Jul 14, 2014 in Parenting Article | Tags: appreciation, christian, church, commitment, communication, coping, families, family, god, home, lansing, lutheran, meals, mi, michigan, shepherd of the hills, time
The Blessings Of A Christian Home
Richard L. Sale, Ph.D., at the University of North Texas Center For Parent Education, identifies these characteristics of a healthy family: Commitment, time together, communication, appreciation, spirituality, and coping skills. God wants your family to be supportive and strong even more than you do, and he has the plan and power for producing healthy families in his Word. Let’s briefly look at Dr. Sale’s six characteristics of healthy families and how God provides these blessings to families in his Word.
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Posted on Feb 28, 2014 in Parenting Article | Tags: afraid, bible, children, church, coping, death, fatalities, god, heaven, isaiah 59, jesus, john 3:16, kids, lansing, lutheran, matthew 11, mi, michigan, news, romans 6, shepherd of the hills, titus 3
Talking To Your Kids About Death
An older woman once approached me to tell me why she liked the Children’s Object Lesson in the worship service. Her reason surprised me. “You frequently talk about death, and that’s important,” she said. “It is not good when parents try to insulate their kids from the reality of death. It happens, and they need to know how to deal with it.” She said that as someone who had a hard time coping with her mother’s death when she was a girl, in part because death was a forbidden subject in their home.
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