by Paul Chappell | Jan 6, 2020 | Christian Life, Family
Fulfilling. Consuming. Exciting. Challenging. Parenting is all of this, and more. And it is one of the greatest privileges of my life. The Lord gave Terrie and me four children who are now married and all serving the Lord with their spouses and are raising our eleven...
by Paul Chappell | Dec 20, 2018 | Ministry Leadership
One of our annual traditions is taking a family picture to send out with our Christmas cards. For our picture this year (above), we went up to the Tehachapi mountains. I couldn’t help but remember that it was in a room located in these very mountains where twenty-five...
by Paul Chappell | Dec 11, 2017 | Family
Parenting is not for the faint of heart. And I’m not just referring to the hazards of stepping on legos in the middle of the night. (Although legos do qualify as a parenting hazard.) But primarily I’m referring to the responsibility parents have to shepherd their...
by Paul Chappell | Sep 15, 2017 | Family, Ministry Leadership
This is the final installment of a three-part post on ministry families. Part one was on parenting in ministry and part two on marriage and ministry. I’ve always believed the Bible is true. But it wasn’t until my two grown sons were in ministry that I experienced the...
by Paul Chappell | Sep 5, 2017 | Christian Life, Family, Ministry Leadership
I remember as a young father hearing stories about pastors’ kids not turning out and being afraid that my children could be among the statistics. I wanted with everything in me to love and nurture my family while at the same time to be faithful to God’s calling on my...