How can we strengthen our children as they face life’s challenges? Storms will come. Every family faces seasons of difficulty — illness, loss, disappointment, or uncertainty. In addition to this our children also face their own unique battles: bullies, tests, fears, and the pressures of growing up. As parents, our natural instinct is to protect our children from pain. Yet faith is not built in comfort — it is refined in the storm. This was why the Lord kept enemies in the lan

When my children were toddlers, they would bring me a picture they had drawn. Sometimes it was a picture of me (allegedly), sometimes of...