parenting

Jonathan Hiskes considers habits of numbness and rest and his love for Frac.

Caroline Stowell learns the difference between loving and converting.

Jonathan Hiskes grapples with parental anger amid the tedium and injustice of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jonathan Hiskes writes that we cannot control the tender moments of a child’s first year—we can only bear witness.

Not only should we as Christian parents refuse to prioritize our children’s interests above those of other children, but we should also view the playing field, the gym, the ice, the mat, and the court as the places where the values we claim to espouse on Sundays are lived out both by us and by our children.

I prayed better when the children were small, when we spread out the crayons in the center of the dining table and crafted leaf rubbings. When we modeled shapes from colored beeswax, and I’d find miniature wax cats and roses tucked in between the books on the shelves. When the children pushed little trains on […]

A mother reflects on the opportunities for moral growth, generosity, and compassion presented by our current economic crisis.