Fight For The Heart | Imagine The End
What Every Son Needs from His Dad
I have sat down with a lot of guys in their thirties who are trying to piece together the story of their relationship with their dad. Many of these guys are successful, but there’s something missing inside of them. I’ll never forget one guy I’ll call Josh, near... Read More
What Every Dad Should Know About His Daughter
Several weeks ago I was dropping my daughter off for a birthday party. As I was leaving a man stopped me asking for directions. He was standing with one of my daughter’s school friends. Immediately recognizing her, I put my hand out and introduced myself explaining that our... Read More
Fight For The Heart | Imagine The End
Five Ways to Fight Entitlement in Your Kids
Like most parents, you feel this terrible tug. On the one hand, you want to provide your child with every advantage. On the other hand, sometimes it feels like when you do that, you’re feeding an incredibly unhealthy characteristic in our culture. For whatever reason, we’re living in... Read More
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5 Ways to Build Integrity as a Parent
The more integrity you have as a parent, the more your kids will appreciate your leadership in their lives. Don’t get me wrong, having integrity doesn’t mean everything goes swimmingly as a parent. It’s just better for everyone in the end, and you end up becoming far more... Read More
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Is Technology Killing Your Family?
I kind of like technology. You might say I’m a bit addicted. Three people live in our house–me, my wife, and our teenage son. Ten years ago, we had one family computer that sat in the living room, and I had a laptop for work. Today, between the... Read More
Fight For The Heart | Imagine The End | Middle School (6th-8th)
Children are Like Dogs
The middle school years are a time of transition—both for your kids and you as a parent. One of our staff members heard the following excerpt at a parent middle school orientation, and if you’ve raised a child through the middle school years, you’ll find this analogy is... Read More
Emotional Decisions
So you want kindness to characterize your attitudes and actions, but how do you get there? We live in a fairly emotional age. We’ve coined terms like emotional eating and emotional spending. And the dominant ethic seems to be that we should do something if we feel like... Read More
Positions v. Interests
Anger is such a difficult emotion. The fact that someone didn’t clean up their socks or take out the trash or lied about an issue is a problem for sure. But my response can make a bad situation worse. It’s easy to dig in and argue hard, but... Read More
Being Right in the Wrong Way
Sometimes you and I meet people who are right in what they say and believe. But they have a habit of being right in the wrong way. They’re angry, annoying and frustrating. You want to value the truth they stand for, but it’s hard to value them. ... Read More
Fight For The Heart | Make It Personal
Protective Parents
Finding God in the successes of life . . . . . ..happens so rarely. I wish it did. We pray for success after all. Well, at least very few of us pray for failure. But if we were to be honest, we seek God more intensely in... Read More