http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo6x4eulY9g Dear Parents: This week in our Bible Study based on the movie I Can Only Imagine your student learned about the word redemption. Your student saw a brief video where Bart Millard, lead singer of the group MercyMe, told about the incredible change in his father's life after he accepted Christ. Then, we looked … Continue reading Lesson 3: Imagine Redemption (I Can Only Imagine Series)
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Lesson 2: Imagine Forgiveness (I Can Only Imagine)
Dear Parents, This week in our Bible Study based on the movie I Can Only Imagine we learned that Bart Millard had a very hard time accepting the fact that his abusive father changed. Bart found it difficult to forgive his father. Your student looked at forgiveness through the lens of Jesus’ Parable of … Continue reading Lesson 2: Imagine Forgiveness (I Can Only Imagine)
Lesson 1 – We All Long For A Father’s Love (I Can Only Imagine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNDEyxEMNp0 Dear Parents, This week we started a four-week Bible Study based on the movie I Can Only Imagine. The movie follows the story of the lead singer of the contemporary Cristian group MercyMe, Bart Millard, his struggles living with an abusive father, and how he eventually watched his father find forgiveness and redemption. In … Continue reading Lesson 1 – We All Long For A Father’s Love (I Can Only Imagine)
Discussion Questions to Get Your Family Talking
Getting your teenagers talking can be quite a challenge. You’ve probably had a conversation that went something like this: Parent: Did you have a good day? Teen: Yeah. Parent: What did you do? Teen: Nothing. Parent: Did anything exciting happen? Teen: No. Parent: Any plans for the weekend? Teen: Not really. Some of the challenge … Continue reading Discussion Questions to Get Your Family Talking
Life Without a Smartphone
A month ago at our Empowerment retreat, the youth were asked to go without their smartphones for the entire retreat. At the end of the period, we saw the biggest difference in our girls. They admitted that they were relieved to have been without the pressure of their phones and having to check them all the … Continue reading Life Without a Smartphone
Celebrate Your Family Identity
On Monday nights when our girls were growing up, Cathy and I would take them to the Golden Spoon for frozen yogurt after dinner. The weekly yogurt run was part of our family identity --- part of what made us who we were. Even the neighbors knew our routine and sometimes shouted to-go orders as … Continue reading Celebrate Your Family Identity
