Legacy Coalition Blog Team

Written by Judy Douglass, Author, Blogger, and Podcaster We were getting dizzy. We had joined our 6-year-old granddaughter, via FaceTime, as she bounced, jumped, and twirled on the trampoline. This was fine with my husband and me. We haven’t seen most of our grandchildren in more than a year, and we are willing to do […]

Written by Jane Larsen, Director of Connections, Legacy Coalition Our grandparenting journey has been brief. Our oldest grandbaby turned two this winter and our youngest is just a few weeks old. Yet in those 750 days or so, we have already experienced unexpected, deep heartache in a season of just plain hard. God’s Word tells

“Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.” – Titus 2:3-5 Have you

Written by Becky Danielson from M. Ed. Faith First Parent Faith lessons and family values are rooted at home in what a child learns, observes, and lives each day. Foundational practices like praying and reading the Bible come from intentional leading on the part of the parents, grandparents, and extended family members. For example, the

Written by Jane Larsen, Director of Connections, Legacy Coalition “Right here! Right here! Right Here!” Those words are on repeat with our 2-year-old granddaughter. She points with her tiny finger, letting you know where to put her bowl of oatmeal on the table: “Right here.” When I take my shoes off, again, a little finger

Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist In Part 1 of this blog, I talked about the history of Autism (now referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder-ASD), provided some statistics and other data, discussed how to recognize behaviors and tendencies that may indicate ASD, and provided some information about the diagnosis. Now, I would

Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist We’ve probably all “been there”- out in public when we notice a child behaving in some unusual ways. He might be repeating the same words or phrases over and over or she may be flapping her arms repeatedly. Perhaps you have noticed that a child at church

Written by Deb del Villar, Director of Communications Are you looking for ideas to share with your grandparenting group this Easter? We have compiled some for you! We encourage you to have a special time to equip grandparents from your church with different ways they can share Easter with their grandkids. Take some notes as

Written by Deb del Villar, Director of Communications Take a minute and think about how you prepare for and celebrate Easter. Now compare that with how you prepare for and celebrate Christmas. If you are like me, there is a great discrepancy between the two! Maybe it is because one deals with a baby and

Written by Robert Wolgemuth, Author of over 20 books Let’s turn the clock back. Not just to earlier today or last week or a year ago or even back to when you were born. Turn it back to the beginning of time, even before there was such a thing as time. Creation “In the beginning