by Bill Farley | Sep 16, 2024 | parenting, Uncategorized
WE WERE IN A MCDONALDS PLAY AREA for lunch after church. Next to me was a young mother with two sons, about age four and six. The four year-old was in trouble. “Sit on this chair,” his mother said. “Your punishment is time-out for ten minutes.”...
by Bill Farley | Jul 5, 2022 | parenting
WHAT IS THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION for effective parenting? Christians answer this question in varied ways. Some would say it is love for children. Others that it’s the willingness to educate them in a Christian school. Many would say discipline and affection....
by Bill Farley | Nov 11, 2021 | Masculinity, parenting, Uncategorized
FOR THE LAST YEAR I have been researching and writing a manuscript to address the crucial subject of masculinity. The projected title is Seven Dimensions of Masculinity, How God Turns Biological Masculinity into Spiritual Masculinity and Why It Matters. Dr. Wayne...
by Bill Farley | Sep 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT grandparenting? Very little. Although previous generations matter significantly to the biblical authors, the Bible does not give grandparents specific attention. The word “grandparent” does not even appear in the English Bible....
by Bill Farley | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
FATHERS UNIQUELY IMPART THE ABILITY TO PERSEVERE through obstacles to their children. Studies have shown fatherless children have a reduced capacity to push through obstacles, problems, and barriers that stand between them and their goals. That is because persistence...