Articles Tagged 'Grandpa'

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.

Leaving a Multi-generational Legacy

Phil Ware reminds us that as fathers and grandfather, we will leave behind messes but we can also leave behind a legacy of faith that lasts for generations.

As fathers, we can leave behind messes for our children and grandchildren; more importantly, we can leave behind a lasting legacy of faith!

Leaving a Multi-generational Legacy

Phil Ware reminds us that as fathers and grandfather, we will leave behind messes but we can also leave behind a legacy of faith that lasts for generations.

As fathers, we can leave behind messes for our children and grandchildren; more importantly, we can leave behind a lasting legacy of faith!

Adopted into the Family

Phil Ware shares a powerful story about his foster grandson and how that helps us understand what it means to be adopted into God's family.

We come with bad habits, wounds, and all sorts of unfortunate baggage. It takes awhile for us to unlearn them!

One Song

Phil Ware finishes his Just One series by calling us to help others find their one song.

We can't do it for everyone, but we can for at least our one!

Making a Difference?

Phil Ware continues his series on light on the dark side of the mountain reminding us the need for men and women of God to step up and be counted.

Can't we save some?

Calling Home

Russ Lawson talks about talking with his kids and grandchildren on the phone and how precious it is to him and how God longs to hear from us in much the same way.

Your Father is waiting to hear from you!

Sharing Her Grandpa

Rubel Shelly tells a story about a granddaughter named Avery who shared her grandpa with a little boy alone on grandparents' day at her school.

Now this is what it means to care like family!

What Do You Treasure?

Russ Lawson lets silver dollars remind him of long ago with his grandparents and challenge himself right now to treasure the proper things in life.

An old silver dollar evokes many old memories!

When the New Babies Require Extra Care

Janet Colbrunn shares her experiences as a grandparent to multiple multiples.

How do grandparents deal with multiple multiples?

Never Too Late

Paul Faulkner reminds us that it's never too late to make a difference in the lives of our family members if we will start today.

How do you know there is still time to make a difference?

Live with Passion

Phil Ware continues his series where he shares his dad's values with his adult children, and this one is on living with passion.

If you can't be passionate about it, how important is it anyway?

Wiggling All Over

Russ finds out about a grandbaby because of a sonogram and the baby is wiggling around all over the place and reminds us that life begins in the mind of God.

What in the world are you talking about wiggling and squirming?

The People Behind You

Jesus is our pioneer and we are called to blaze the trail for others to follow after us.

Who are you blazing the trail for?

The Button Box

It's not the big stuff that we remember from our grandparents, but the small wonderful things that they did to touch our lives.

How will we be remembered?

Delicate Surgery

We often need children to help us see again with the eyes of innocence and call us back to godly mercy and kindness.

Some things need to be separated!

Cleaning Up Our Father's Messes

We will leave behind messes for our children and grandchildren, but will we also leave behind a lasting legacy of faith?

What will our children have to clean up after we are gone?