September 11th is National Grandparent’s Day, so in honor of all the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in our families, here are a few ways we can bring out the best in the relationship they form with our kids. 1.)    A clean slate One of the blessings of grandparenthood is that it’s a clean slate to write [...]

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Lately, I don’t need much of an excuse to fly to Dallas, but recently on a weekend, I actually had a good reason to be there. Tim was in Nashville and would be meeting me there in a few days to continue on to see some wonderful folks in San Angelo. So I arrived in [...]

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Friday is movie day with our grand daughters this summer. One of the local theater chains has a “Summer Movie” program and, for less than a dollar a movie, you can see ten fun, kid friendly movies throughout the summer. Whether the girls have seen the movie or not, it is still a great time [...]

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Throughout history, great ideas have become reality because of the efforts of courageous people.  America is one of those ideas.  This “freedom experiment” that so many of us call home would have been little more than a wild scheme from the lips of half-drunken activists in a colonial pub were it not for courage.  Courage [...]

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There are some things I just don’t do. Wear a baseball cap (Who am I kidding? I once swung at 50 pitches and didn’t hit one of them), go out without my makeup on (No one has done anything bad enough to be subjected to that punishment) or get my hair wet in the swimming [...]

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Tim Kimmel spoke at the Kimmel’s home church, Scottsdale Bible Church, again this past weekend on “Grace Based Grandparenting.” In his message he unpacked 4 specific roles that grandparents play in their grandchildren’s lives. A great message for everyone – whether you have grandparents, will be a grandparent, or are currently a grandparent. If you [...]

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My observation is that us “evangelicals” talk out of both sides of our mouth when it comes to grace. Our track record is that we have a fairly limited view of the grace of God. We’re quick to offer grace to someone looking for salvation and then have grief waiting for them once they’ve handed [...]

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You’d think we won the lottery and the check was in the mail the way Tim has been checking for the delivery of his much anticipated, brand new, majorly upgraded iPhone 4. I’m not sure how he got along with only the 16 gig iPhone 3 until now. And (lucky me), I’m inheriting his “old” [...]

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I’ve just had more fun than should be legally possible for someone my age. For the past week, I’ve been in Dallas helping to take care of our new grandson, Kyler William Kimmel. For this grandma, it doesn’t get much better than that! There is nothing like the sweetness of a newborn baby to remind [...]

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Recently Darcy and I were being interviewed on a national radio program regarding a book we wrote called Extreme Grandparenting: the ride of your life! In the process of discussing the strategic roles grandparents play in impacting the next generations we mentioned our biblical responsibility to stay relevant, connected and consistently focused on the spiritual [...]

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