Joe | September 23, 2009
Over these past months, I’ve mentioned “issues” we’ve experienced with our teenager and some of the challenges we have faced with regarded to his education.
As I may have mentioned, we decided to home-school him for his last two years of high school. It was a huge decision for us and primarily for my wife. There [...]
Category: Deuteronomy, Home-school, Parenting, Romans, Stepfathering | 8 Comments »
Tags: children, choices, education, Home-school, stepson, teenagers
Joe | September 21, 2009
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and [...]
Category: Ecclesiastes, Parenting | 10 Comments »
Tags: children, stepson, teenagers, wisdom
Joe | June 21, 2009
Today is Father’s Day 2009. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
I wanted to write a Father’s Day post to my dad, Louie Chavez, and to share some thoughts about him.
If there has been one thing I’ve taken for granted growing up, it’s my dad. My parents have been married for 40 years [...]
Category: Encouragement, Luke, Marriage, Parenting, Proverbs | 4 Comments »
Tags: children, fatherhood, love, Marriage, Parenting, priorities, sacrifice, stepfathers, stepson, teenagers, wisdom
Joe | May 22, 2009
It’s been a tough week for us. Our faith is being tested and at times we’re white-knuckling it.
Normally Friday’s post is “Link Love” but I’m so mentally drained that I’m not sure I have enough mental acuity to sift through my blog and web reading. Instead, I wanted to find something in Proverbs that speaks [...]
Category: Christian Living, Marriage, Matthew, Parenting, Proverbs, Stepfathering | 4 Comments »
Tags: children, faith, hope, jobs, rest, stepson, suffering, teenagers, trials, wisdom
Joe | May 18, 2009
I’m not sure I want it now!
I am wrestling with how much personal information to share. I want to be honest with my readers, but I also need to protect and respect my family’s privacy. I’ve mentioned on several occasions the trials and tribulations of raising our teenage son/stepson.
However, I must not let the negative [...]
Category: 1 Peter, Christian Living, Encouragement, Luke, Parenting, Proverbs, Stepfathering | 3 Comments »
Tags: children, faith, fools, hope, stepson, suffering, teenagers, trials, truth