Are you like us where you failed to capture the hearts of some of your children? For us we failed to pass down vision, convictions, and wisdom to our little growing family. Looking back to the days when we were young parents it seemed the battle between pagan culture and the family culture I wanted to create but didnt know how to, paganism often won. Because of this many times I simply gave up. After losing many battles, I believe to win the attacks on the family, we need to make strategic choices that prepare an environment of honor, faithfulness to Christ, and generationally-minded decision-making. One method our family has…

I come from the Scottish Clan of the Stewarts. Recently, in digging through family history boxes, I came across a little book all about this family name. I also learned the Stewart name was the Royal Bloodline— but the House was split. There was the ruling group and the ones who broke away to defend religious freedoms, and Jesus Christ, with their lives known as the Scottish Covenanters. They were persecuted and hunted down. To distinguish themselves from the others, they wore a red scarf, which is where “rednecks” come from, and their history was wiped clean. For the past few years my family has been commemorating these covenanters, and…

Growing up, the only pocket of persecuted Christians widely talked about in our church are the Pioneers. Many of my ancestors are pioneers with life-changing stories, and I have absolute reverence for them. But I wish I would have grown up hearing about other pockets of Christians as well. One group that I have grown to love are the Scottish Covenanters. February 28th was the anniversary of them signing the National Covenant in 1638. Essentially, the king was making changes in the church and a lot of the Christian people were upset. The covenant denounced the attempted changes, it also urged loyalty to the king, but reaffirmed that their obedience…