Hank and I attended
McGregor's parenting conference this weekend. Now technically our child won't be here until early October, but I already feel like a parent, and education is never a bad thing. Richard Ross was amazing and he talked about being the spiritual champion to your children. He reiterated a point that I want to tell parents all the time, "It's not the church's job to raise Christian children, its the parents!" His words were very powerful as I am constantly thinking about bringing this new baby into the world. I want to be the kind of parent that cares more about my child's relationship to God than anything else. Hank and I also attended Russell Howard's break-out session. Russell was awesome and had us rolling several times in our hour with him. He talked a lot about how to handle punishment, but also about have a parent-centric house instead of a kid-centric house. He reminded us how important it was to put each other first and then our kids. Our final break-out session was with David and Tamar Miller. This was on surviving life with
preschoolers. Many of the same points were made, but I really liked how the Miller's talked about not treating your children differently at home and at church. I can see how being in the ministry could cause you to be harder on your
children at church, since you expect them to act a certain way, but I agree with David in that your children should have the same standards at home and at church. All in all a great weekend. I can't wait to start
practicing some of these very practical guides with my family.
