For over 30 years, Heartlight has shared articles to help people live for Jesus in everyday life. While we are no longer publishing new articles, this enduring collection features relevant pieces throughout the year to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles.
by Jenny Runkel · Ephesians 6:1-4 · Parenting
A kid who goes through a tantrum meltdown faces off with his mom who uses the scream free technique to help the child learn boundaries and not embarrass himself.
by Patrick D. Odum · Job 12:7-10 · Value · Vacation
A trip to the beach and other vacation sites helps lead Patrick Odum to ask what he is not recognizing in his daily life where God's fingerprints and footprints can be found.
by Phil Ware · Acts 20:7 · Communion
Memory and remembering are powerful and communion has got to be a part of that remembering for Christians.
by Tom Norvell · Ephesians 5:15-17 · Aging
Change, and the days pass quickly and we grow old and time flies by, so we better use them to our advantage and God's glory.
by Hal Runkel, LMFT · Ephesians 6:4 · Parenting
Parenting can be done scream free, but not because we focus on our children, but because we focus on ourselves.
by Tammy Marcelain · Psalm 46:1-2 · Cancer
A mother with a son who has a tumor talks about the challenges and changes she and her family have faced during his theraphy and the faithfulness of God.
by Russ Lawson · Job 11:13 · Prayer
In the middle of our struggles, we need to remember that we need to reach out for God's unchanging hand.
by Ron Rose · Hebrews 13:7 · Faith
Our lives tell a story of faith, we need to know what our faith resume actually is.`
by Patrick D. Odum · Romans 12:15 · Gentleness
The horrible death of one daughter and the coma of another and the confusion between the two leads the Ceraks and Van Ryns on the ultimate challenge of Christian faith.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Samuel 1:27-28 · Parenting
parenting is really babysitting for God: they are not ours, they are his.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 John 4:10 · Abba Father
We learn to love from God because as a baby, and even a full grown adult, we really don't know how to love.
by Paul Faulkner · Proverbs 23:25 · Mothers
Moms are crucial to the outcome of nations because of the way they rear their child.
by Rick Atchley · 2 Timothy 1:5 · Mothers
Faith is not heriditary, it is learned and nurtured, often my loving momthers who take motherhood seriously.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 1:7-8 · Fatherhood
Kids hear all sorts of things in the background of the world via the radio and tv, how are we helping them process this?
by Sarah Stirman · 1 John 3:1 · Mothers
Overhearing a questioning about loving children enough gets Sarah thinking about the need for meaningful touch, focused listening, and hanging around together.
by Elizabeth Price · John 14:27 · Peace
We can pray for our families and our children to help be prepared for the difficult times come.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Luke 2:19 · Mothers
We give our heart away a little at a time to our children and grandchildren and when it is gone we go to Jesus.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 John 4:11-12 · Love · Legacy
While gifts are fine, we need to be leaving behind a legacy of love notes for our spouse and children and grand children.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 18:3 · Children
Kids often know the difference between truth and lie and what is real world and what is not.
by Russ Lawson · Psalm 139:14 · Thanksgiving
A terrible accident can't rob this little girl or her family of reasons to give thanks.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 18:1-3 · Faithfulness
We can know we are saved by putting ourselves in the story of God's great deliverance.
by Mike Barres · Hebrews 13:7
How we are remembered will have a huge impact on our how our children's lives turn out.
by Ron Rose · Ephesians 6:1-4 · Fatherhood
A fishing trip becomes more than a fishing trip when a father honors his son and a son remembers his father.
by Sarah Stirman · Luke 2:27-35 · Mothers
Motherhood brings with it the laughter and the tears of loving children.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Matthew 18:10 · Children
We must learn to intervene to help children in our world.
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