<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RENEWANATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Renewanation]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:35:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.renewanation.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Enough Is Enough]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jeff Keaton I was at a school this year led by a highly effective educator who just so happened to spend most of her career in public education. Over the last few years, she entered Christian education and is doing a tremendous job leading her school to heights it has never seen before. She is extremely passionate about biblical worldview education and is thrilled to be in an educational setting where she can now share the whole truth with her students. She shared with me her journey out...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/enough-is-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d931a14750526d40bd114a</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:27:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_dd7c971e7161435e89981cd76f07979e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do Your Children Think About Work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Bryan Smith The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines work as “sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result.” If that’s a good definition—and I think it is—then most of our lives are filled with work. We face obstacles and seek to achieve useful results in our jobs, Monday through Friday. But we do similar things at home in the evenings and all day long on Saturdays. At the moment, however, I’m not thinking primarily about the adults reading...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/what-do-your-children-think-about-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3cb8b11b9dfb4baa518b7</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:13:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_69b0997f4c9d473f8a2b62b4d991281e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biblical Counseling: Providing Hope and Help for Hurting Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dr. Josh Mulvihill Ministry to families is more than training and resources; it must include the provision of hope and help to hurting families through care and counseling. God designed the family to be the source of our deepest loves, our most beloved relationships, and to provide care for the needs of its members. In a perfect world, we should associate the family with feelings of joy, the thought of home should bring to mind wonderful memories, and it should function as God designed it....]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/biblical-counseling-providing-hope-and-help-for-hurting-families</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c6ac50a937958fa7dcf4ee</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:17:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_5a9a86cf2c214a0fa37bd0314908a2f5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believer’s Baptism: A Guide for Families and Churches]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dr. Josh Mulvihill As a pastor, few things brought me greater joy than to see a young person follow Jesus into the waters of baptism. It is a joyous occasion because the individual being baptized is publicly professing faith in Jesus Christ and wants everyone to know it! The desire to be baptized is noble and recognizes the biblical teaching that baptism is an important step of faith in a believer’s life. It should not be entered into lightly or without proper preparation. Both parent and...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/believer-s-baptism-a-guide-for-families-and-churches</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c6a889a937958fa7dcec14</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:08:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_499a0231a4e64fafb67d6f28fb934a91~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Commitment to Christian Education Looks Like]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Ron Gordon The year was 1970. High school sweethearts from working-class families, they took the plunge to commit their lives to one another. They had no savings accounts, no college degrees, and no tangible assets. They jumped into a rental agreement for a small, rural home. Only 20 years old, he had secured a job delivering Coca-Cola products. Fresh out of high school and just 18 years old, she started working in a clerical position at a local hospital. Before they could celebrate their...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/what-commitment-to-christian-education-looks-like</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c15e95e26320a33934fa82</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:45:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_119749e389334da8b75312df1317a0fb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Like Our Teacher]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Caleb Gordon “He also told them a parable: ‘Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher’” (Luke 6:39-40). Years ago, I wrote an article for The RenewaNation Review  called “Worldview Building.” I reflected on a gift that Christian education had given me—the gift to connect the world around me into a coherent, biblical framework that guided the way I lived and the...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/looking-like-our-teacher</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b86f4cbae3e800161b3df0</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:07:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_d99b7db244324ecbac95b8efa81f7ecf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expanding for a Greater Impact: A God Story!]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jeff Keaton Last May, our Executive Administrator, Judy Ralph, mentioned that a very nice office building was going up for auction just ten minutes away from our then-current office. It piqued my interest enough to drive by the building. Before the day was over, several of our team members had toured the building and sensed that we should look more deeply into this opportunity. We had recently hired a new employee and had to place her desk in a conference room due to a lack of available...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/expanding-for-a-greater-impact-a-god-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b2cdec60bf8f6bb4efb0d1</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:34:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_a2c4f96b066b4f33bf4fe96296096124~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Children to Have a Correct View of Who God Is]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Amber Pike Children are naturally inquisitive. Whether you are a parent, grandparent, educator, or ministry leader, if you work with kids, you get asked a lot of questions. “Why?” is a particularly popular question, but children’s questions can range from “What’s for dinner?” to “Can you help me?”  to “How many types of cats are there?”  and everything in between. Sometimes the seemingly endless amount of questions can be exhausting, until a child’s question causes us to pause: “Does God...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/teaching-children-to-have-a-correct-view-of-who-god-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a9d16b7fac2e2861fbb858</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:26:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_8aa7cd8bc921479aa5fc1e0e7302d3bf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipleship Through Christian Education]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Ron and Tonya Gordon “We follow a discipleship model of Christian education at our school.”  As I (Ron) heard these words from a...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/discipleship-through-christian-education</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e918b42a320743a5471dff</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:39:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_2e293d9b5b37418bb7f522ca3fe30993~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Each Day Count]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Discipleship Opportunities of Homeschooling By Amber Pike “Do we have to do school today?” Yes. Homeschooled children still whine for...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/making-each-day-count</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dfdb1660bbdcba436ec638</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:27:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_252000b135704c46930ad17191a2d52a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six Questions to Evaluate if Children’s Ministry Curriculum is Biblically Sound]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dr. Josh Mulvihill   There are many different children’s ministry curriculums to choose from, but many of them are Bible-lite,...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/six-questions-to-evaluate-if-children-s-ministry-curriculum-is-biblically-sound</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d6b1144c8425dc7bf7e5c8</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:38:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_765aadcd84824d7cabfc0dec39f6c39c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six Recommendations for Leading a Child to Christ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gospel Invitations and Eternal Consequences By Amber Pike “We had the best day at church yesterday, and I just had to share it with the...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/six-recommendations-for-leading-a-child-to-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d16a9141e703d7398e4e95</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:17:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_052cd507b9f446bba38b784261e59ba2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do We Respond to What Just Happened?]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dr. Josh Mulvihill We all feel a mixture of emotions about the killing of Charlie Kirk. I have two college-aged sons, and his...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/how-do-we-respond-to-what-just-happened</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c9778a16143b7f26cf1060</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:47:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_44eb267b81ca414ba548831999eef2e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_833,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to a World Where Family Discipleship Is Not the Norm]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dr. Josh Mulvihill It’s important for us to be honest about how things are going, and we can do that by looking at some research that...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/welcome-to-a-world-where-family-discipleship-is-not-the-norm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c43ca365c4abb322dad858</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_7cf1623912e34238a8e3acfaf51147d0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Children Are Theologians—Make Them Good Ones!]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Hunter Williams “ Are people born wicked, or is wickedness thrust upon them? ” This question not only appears as an early line of...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/your-children-are-theologians-make-them-good-ones</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68bb038798886589b9fe7895</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:47:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_8a8346b0bb9844d3b3b0324957302c62~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Help Children Treasure the Word]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Truth78 The Bible is the way of truth and life for every believer; it's how we come to faith and maturity; and it needs to be at the...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/how-to-help-children-treasure-the-word</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b1f0d278cc0bc459d1a0ec</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_649fce20007145d9b4ca06afa70cc983~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Manderley Farms]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Ministry of RenewaNation By Julianna Mast In the last few years, many people have become much more intentional about their health and...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/an-introduction-to-manderley-farms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b1e8c3574c02422913a5ba</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:57:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_9f5a9fe8821941fba3e9d546b4137c10~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Establishing A First Line of Defense]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the KidCheck Blog Top Abuse Prevention Methods and Protective Tactics. 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As a result,...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/shaping-a-biblical-worldview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689f418081e6ee2fae50b8ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:38:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_414198f09d4b4efb8689d2c90701d255~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developing the Next Generation of Christian Education Leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Ron and Tonya Gordon Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a phenomenal surge in Christian schools, homeschool co-ops, and...]]></description><link>https://www.renewanation.org/post/developing-the-next-generation-of-christian-education-leaders</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68961367aacbbc6ad89c3816</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:11:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aca327_6ef708030b0c4a6686a8c9e889530f29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brian Mashburn</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>