Wisdom for Women : Christian Articles

by Beverly Mueffelmann Just as we teach our children to trust in the faithful character of God, we must also teach them to be grateful for the faithfulness of God in their lives. When answers to prayer become evident, we can lead our children to thank God for His provision of their needs whether physically, [...]

by Susan Lucas Recently my family received the news that my husband’s father had suddenly died. He had been in many health scares over the years but had always pulled through. For him to just sit down in his chair, close his eyes and leave this world came as a shock to all of us. [...]

by Beverly Mueffelmann One of the biggest challenges of spiritually parenting a child is to teach them the concept of trusting a God that they cannot see. A child’s concept of a spiritually present parent, God the Father, begins with trusting their physically present parent. How do we as parents, whom they can see, build [...]

by Beverly Mueffelmann A critical component in raising children who will follow the Lord all the days of their lives is a biblical worldview. “Worldview” basically means the lens through which we interpret the information that comes to us on a daily basis. A biblical worldview, then, would be interpreting the information and circumstances that [...]

by Beverly Mueffelmann When our children were very young, my husband’s aunt, uncle, and cousins came to visit our home outside Washington, DC. My husband’s cousins, an older sister and a younger brother, are significantly younger than he, so these children were in their teens at the time when we were in our late twenties. [...]

by Bev Mueffelmann Over the last few months, we have explored how our beliefs as parents form the basis of our actions toward our children. We have also explored how to tame negativity both in our toddlers and in ourselves as we have sought to set positive expectations as the basis of our parenting relationships. [...]

by Tina Bruno Raising children? Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt!! How did I survive? It wasn’t easy, but I had some help. God gave me a wonderful vision while my sons were still very young, and the power of this vision has never left me. We are like constructions workers, as parents. We [...]

by Bev Mueffelmann In order to raise children who will become responsible adults and who will fulfill God’s purposes for them in their generation, we need to set positive expectations for their teenage years, both in our minds and theirs, before we ever reach those years. Early childhood offers many opportunities to build healthy and [...]

by Bev Mueffelmann So, how do we walk out great expectations for our toddlers so that they can become terrific teens? First of all, we need to expect more of them than we think we can. Every child needs to have a sense of belonging to the family and the best way to engender that [...]

by Susan Lucas I thought I’d share a few thoughts on spiritual disciplines for practical living based on John Ortberg’s book entitled “The Life You’ve Always Wanted.” So here goes…Ortberg describes the practice of celebration from a child’s point of view. He recites bathing all three of his children together and being in a great [...]

by Bev Mueffelmann  Last time we established that the greatest treasure we have as parents is our children.  This time, let’s take a look at how we are to invest in this treasure to see it grow to maturity.  Our ultimate goal as parents is to raise responsible adults who will take ownership of their actions [...]

by Bev Muefflemann “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasure.” Proverbs 24:3-4 My grandmother’s health had been declining for the last ten years. Since her retirement in 1984, her short-term memory had been slipping away, her passion for life [...]