Legacy Coalition Blog Team

Written by Isabel Tom, Speaker, Educator, & Author How can you cultivate a meaningful relationship with your grandchild when you’re in competition with YouTube, video games, and all the activities that your grandchild has? We live in a time full of distractions, yet you as a grandparent have a unique opportunity to enrich your grandchild’s […]

Written by Dr. Phil Stevenson, PSW District Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church I entered the world of Pappy (the name my grandkids call me) for the first time on February 4, 2009. I still vividly recall that day. I, along with a multitude of others, was in my daughter’s delivery room. We were gathered, friends,

Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist In Part 1 of this article, we covered the first two love languages of words of affirmation and quality time from Dr. Gary Chapman’s book “The 5 Love Languages”. Love languages are a way that individuals feel most loved. In this post, we’ll discuss the final three

Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist Just over three decades ago, Gary Chapman wrote a book that was intended to help spouses learn how to love one another well. The 5 Love Languages explains that all of us have a primary and secondary love language that helps us to feel very loved. If

Written by Mary Davis from the Skyline Church grandparenting ministry Good news needs to be shared. Where would humanity be if the women at the tomb had remained silent? Although 2,000 years have passed, the mission remains the same: Share Jesus’ story of love, resurrection, and eternal salvation with others to develop new disciples in Christ.

In Part 1 of this article, we emphasized the importance of speaking in love with those affected by abortion or those who are pro-choice. While that is essential to connecting and conversing with them, it’s also important to mention some cautions about responding. We need to recognize that there are some things that Christians have

We can all look back on our lives with regret for some of the decisions we have made and opportunities we have passed up. Additionally, the realization may come that an opinion we held earlier in life was not based on sound logic or in accordance with God’s Word or will. This is especially true

Written by Michael James Dowling, Christian author and editor If you’re a grandparent, you naturally want to provide love and support to your grandchildren. And if you’re a Christian grandparent, you no doubt have an even higher priority of helping your grandchildren develop a biblical worldview. But how can you effectively teach a biblical worldview

Written by Becky Danielson from M. Ed. Faith First Parent Raising children to be responsible adults is an ongoing task for families. Grandparents have a unique opportunity to speak truth into the lives of grandchildren as well as hold them accountable for being responsible for themselves. Modeling trustworthiness, expecting the best, and providing routines and

Written by Deb del Villar, Director of Communications As I contemplate this Christmas season, my mind seems to continually go back to the word “waiting.” From Genesis 3, following the fall of man, until Luke 1:26, the Israelite nation had been waiting. They were waiting for the Savior that God said would come and deliver