This Week in Faith 5-7-20
/To Mother’s Day and Beyond
Moms- thank you for all you do to raise your kids to maturity and point them to Jesus. I hope you get everything you are hoping for this Sunday on Mother’s Day to celebrate this incredible role God has given you. But whether or not you do, your job as a mom will continue on Monday. Which makes this a good reminder of what’s most important about your calling as a mom, as well as the tools and encouragement the gospel offers you to help carry it out.
Click here to read the article by Trish Donahue.
Reinventing Graduation: 3 Ways to Honor Milestones in the Midst of Pandemic
This will be a challenging season for graduates who have looked forward to this milestone for a long time. We shouldn’t minimize the effects that it can have on seniors and the discouragement it could leave them feeling. There are so many good ideas in this article for how to recognize and celebrate this huge accomplishment in the lives of our seniors. We want to think about what we can do as a church but also what we can do as family, friends and mentors. I’d love to hear some of what you decide to do to celebrate a senior in your life.
Click here to read the article by Hannah Lee Sandoval.
How to Care For Friends with Anxiety and Depression
Even before this pandemic, this generation of middle and high school students were facing an epidemic of anxiety and loneliness. Needless to say, Covid hasn’t improved the situation. Whether we’re talking about our kids, another family member, a friend, or neighbor, it can be a helpless feeling to watch someone you care about struggle with anxiety and depression. While you can’t replace the effectiveness of a trained counselor, this article gives some good suggestions on things you might be able to do to help and encourage someone who is struggling.
Click here to read the article by Emma Scrivener.
PODCAST: All About Boys with David Thomas
This is the first episode of a new podcast about raising boys, and it’s really good. I heard David Thomas do a seminar on raising boys a few years ago and I still use some of the things I learned there. This will be a weekly podcast where he looks at raising boys from lots of different angles. This first episode includes the developmental stages of boys, a positive look at boys’ needs to be constantly moving, discipline and more. There were enough good things in here that I’m going to listen to it again. I love how he takes so many things that people typically look down on about boys, and that even frustrate us parents in them, and looks at them as a good part of what makes them who they are and challenges us embrace those characteristics and help our boys use them for the good God intends. I’m looking forward to this whole series.
Click here to listen to the new podcast from Rooted Ministry.
