Cries of the Heart - Part 2

3 December 2021

At the top of the list of “things I wish I would have known” as a young and naïve father of four children, my five-decade...

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The Cry of Every Child's Heart

30 September 2021

In a moment of parental frustration have you ever asked your child (just before you pulled your hair out), “What’s wrong...

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The Child that Breaks your Heart

24 March 2020

Springtime in the Ozarks is amazingly beautiful! With countless flowering trees that shower the mountainsides, clean water...

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Families Who Plan

20 February 2019

After fifty years of watching families who succeed, three things have held amazingly true:  Families learn from other families....

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How To Pray For Your Children

31 January 2019

HOW TO PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN PRAY: FOR THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD that they may know ‘how wide and long and high...

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Christmas Poem 2018

18 December 2018

I was driving down the road on December 1st not too many years ago. Now, you’ve got to understand that in Branson, Christmas...

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Wisdom in Media

28 June 2018

Folks, summer is upon us. Naturally, the Kanakuk team is thankful when we get to spend the summer pouring into your kids!...

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The Bigger Picture

28 June 2018

Parenting is not a popularity contest nor is doing what is best for your kids long term going to put happy little faces...

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The Parenting Ladder

28 June 2018

At kamp and as I travel, I meet parents who have so many questions on their hearts about the challenges of parenting their...

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The Golden Goal post

7 March 2018

A former Kanakuk Executive Director, Kris Cooper, is about as fine a man and dad as I know. He “daddied” his own...

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