Restoring Home
Restoring Home: No Perfect Parents
There are no flawless parents. This means that none of us brings perfection to our own spouse or children. There is room to grow. The knowhow we lack can be gained from the Scriptures, modeling from other families, and tools...
Restoring Home: The Central Premise
The central premise of Restoring Home is the building of faith in families. In today’s video, Donna mentions 2 key insights necessary for growing faith in our children: a strong marriage a strong faith in each parent Steve shares biblical...
Restoring Home: Strengthening Your and Your Spouse’s Faith
The #1 key to rearing children with a strong faith is for the parents' own faith to be strong. Grant and Robin Luton share how they build their personal faith and the faith of the other through: Immersion in the...
Restoring Home: Training the Child’s Servant Heart
Ephesians 6:4 instructs parents to ‘train’ their children. The Greek word here carries the idea of "creating an appetite for something through little tastes/experiences of that thing," like a mother dipping her finger in honey and putting it to her...
Restoring Home: Grandparenting- Cousin Camp 1
Only four at a time and forty-eight hours. Fun, fun, fun! Lance and MaryLou Chima describe how they set the rules, plan the agenda, and pull off a memorable annual event everyone loves – “Cousin Camp!” Additionally, Steve shares his...
Restoring Home: Grandparenting- Cousin Camp 2
Part 2 with Lance and MaryLou Chima – for those without grandparents or whose parents live far away. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Resource: Grandparenting-Cousin Camp-1.pdf Resource: Cousin Camp...
Restoring Home: Temperament Types
Temperament is not personality. Personality is learned, while temperament is God-given. Personality can be good or evil, but temperament is always good. Learning to work with the temperament's strengths and avoiding its potential weaknesses is the goal. Understanding your child's...
Restoring Home: The Core Story
Desperately we search for ways to rid our lives of ‘bad fruit’ like harmful habits, addictions, behaviors, and unproductive attitudes. We try and try, yet we fail, and fail, and fail, until we give up or wear out. Neither is...
Restoring Home: Technology Addiction
One in eleven children are addicted to technology and the trouble doesn’t stop with children. Technology overuse and addiction affect a majority of families in our nation. These habits diminish self-esteem, retard emotional and social development, and affect actual brain...
Restoring Home: Being Better Husbands and Wives
Guest authors Grant and Robin Luton answer questions about what makes a marriage work. We are given the cliff notes and top learning from Robin's book Valor and from the book Adam Loves Eve, a book for which Grant wrote...
Restoring Home: Shaping Children Through Role Models
Steve and Laura Ross, 21-year missionaries to Honduras and founders of Armor of Hope Ministries, inspire us with moving stories from a recent visit to assist in the restoration of a Honduras devastated by back-to-back hurricanes. We discuss the power...
Restoring Home: The Why of Work
Down to his final $70, Ben Walkley hits bottom. He tells God, “I’m not doing this anymore. It’s up to You.” Ben says, that’s when the faucet turned on and has continued till now. Ben and Steve discuss the “why”...
Restoring Home: A Special Message for Men
Stephen Meeks delivers a direct and personal message to men: Get Serious! Mediocrity as disciples of Yeshua, husbands, and fathers is no longer acceptable. Especially in light of current societal conditions, a more valiant and intentional effort is demanded of...
Restoring Home: Reading to Children
Reading aloud to children is more beneficial to them than might be expected. Donna and Steve Meeks share what they have experienced and observed from more than two decades of reading aloud to their children. Video: Vimeo | YouTube...
Restoring Home: Learning Hebrew
A student, a busy physician, and a school teacher already working extra jobs share why and how they managed to learn to read the Bible in its original language of Hebrew. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click...
Restoring Home: Preparing Daughters for Marriage
To be clear….dating is not the subject of today’s video. PREPARING DAUGHTERS FOR MARRIAGE is the emphasis as Steve hears the story behind Diego and Lindsay Benhumea’s recent steps to get their little girls ready for the man of their...
Restoring Home: Good Reads for Little Ones
Books transport us! Children who read are enlarged in their imaginations and generally find themselves better prepared for life. However, not every book is the same. Not all books contain truth or inspire for good. Steve and Donna Meeks share...
Restoring Home: Homeschooling
Three mothers share their experiences with homeschooling – both the rib-ticklers and the tear-jerkers. Alli, Rachael, and Donna have a combined 35+ years in the homeschooling teacher’s seat and understand what it takes to successfully run a household and a...
Restoring Home: Camping and Family Fun
Adam and Nate share their tips and stories of how they pull off family camping on a regular basis…and what motivates them to ‘make it happen’ when life’s demands work against it. Camping in the wilderness or the backyard draws...
Restoring Home: Bedtime Storytelling
Talon and Alli Treb took notice one evening as their four little daughters sat mesmerized by a storyteller’s tale. Talon decided to try it for himself. Bedtime stories have since become a tradition in the Treb home and in this...
Restoring Home: Involving Children in Sukkot
The Moores go all out when it comes to Sukkot, and their kids are a part of it. We visit with them to learn how they pull it off, the pros and cons, and the ways they involve their children...
Restoring Home: Training Children to be Good Neighbors
Do you know your neighbor? Brad and Megan Moore share how they interact with their next-door community and how they involve their kids. Not every neighbor is safe and not every neighbor is ready for the friendliness you want to...
Restoring Home: Family Bible Time
Keeping children’s attention can be a challenge….especially when it comes to Bible time! Rosella Groves shares how she is making it work in her home and how she uses imagination and art to “draw” her kids into the stories and...
Restoring Home: More Stories of Faith
Last year we greatly enjoyed our discussion with Steve and Laura Ross, co-founders of Armor of Hope Ministries. At that time, we recorded a second conversation with the Rosses focused on missionary stories. We would like to publish that second...
Restoring Home Extra: Ebook – Turning Boys into Men
Thus important ebook by Stephen Meeks is subtitled "How to Create a Rite of Passage for Your Son." To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Ebook: Turning Boys into Men.pdf