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...
by Bill Farley | Dec 31, 2020 | parenting
THE PATRIARCHS ARE BIBLICAL HEROES, yet their attempts at parenting met with scattered results. Lets walk through Genesis and reflect on their experience. Adam had three sons. Abel was chosen, but Cain, filled with jealousy, committed fratricide. He killed his...
by Bill Farley | Nov 7, 2019 | 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 | Oct 22, 2019 | parenting, Uncategorized
MY WIFE AND I often speak at parenting conferences. Sometimes I make the off-hand comment that, in the Bible, the father is the lead parent, and his wife is his helper. I am often surprised at the reaction. “Where did you get such a crazy idea?” Or, “I don’t like it...