John Law and John Grace

Carissa Robinson (at To Parent As One Who Has Been Richly Forgiven) has posted The Story of John Law and John Grace which is an allegory which explains the difference between living under the law and living under grace. She then goes on to explain why Christians, who are living under grace, should also raise…

Series about Patriarchy

E. Stephen Burnett has a teaching about the problems with Patriarchy in a 5 part series called, Sins Of The ‘Patriarchs’.  Interesting to me is that with all the words he has written about patriarchy, he never mentions spanking or harsh discipline.  He does mention control, but not the physical aspect (unless I’m misremembering.)  This…

What is Grace Based Discipline?

The Web Magazine, Positively Feminine, is running a new series called, What Is Grace-Based Discipline? by PhenomoMom. I am quite impressed with this magazine and its contributors and suggest you check it out.

Sharing Life With Your Children

GreenGem has an interesting post about her Wonderful Life. In this post she explains why she allows her young sons to jump on the couch and run around the house. She also explains how she does housework with her sons, including cooking and cleaning. Children learn a lot from such activities. I wish I had…

Good Parenting Resources

Dulce de Leche shares how she rejected the teachings of Ezzo and Pearl and what she replaced them with in Christian Parenting Books: How Our Bookshelf Grew. She then shares her Christian Parenting Books Recommendations which is a very good resource. And here are her Discipline Books Recommendations. Back in April she shared another very…

Ignoring Your Instincts?

God designed babies to be very needy and He gave mothers the instincts to attend to their baby’s needs.  This is why a baby’s cry affects mothers so negatively.  And yet mothers often try to squelch those instincts because a man has told them that their God given instincts were wrong.    For instance, Ezzo’s teachings…

Human Rights Violations from the TSA.

Not that I fly often, but there is no way I would fly now. Have you heard about these atrocities? Were you aware that if you fly, your choices are to go through a scan which lets someone view very graphic scans of your unclothed body (as well as exposing you to radiation) OR allow…

Diffusing a toddler’s Tantrum

Carissa Robinson has written a beautiful post called, Three Little Words, in which she shares an example of parenting by grace in the midst of a raging tantrum.

Series about Vision Forum

Sue Talbert at A Mother’s Heart Blog is writing a very interesting series called Vision Forum, Patriarchy and FLDS, Oh My! In part 1 she explains how she came to find Vision Forum and read one of their books. She starts describing some objections to their teachings. In Part 2 she expands on their teachings…

Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul Thank you, Lord, for making me whole Thank you, Lord, for giving to me Thy great salvation, so full and free. This old chorus expresses well the first and main reason for my thankfulness. I am also thankful for so much more. I am thankful for my life,…