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Accountability

  • Podcast - Face Time vs Screen Time: Helping kids with an electronic-digital balance

    The DFR Podcast team discusses and gives tools for Helping our kids balance digital devices in their lives. Podcast #65: Face Time vs. Screen Time – Helping Kids Achieve Electronic-Digital Balance   http://traffic.libsyn.com/doingfamilyright/DFR65.m4a   Originally posted on HERE on the DFR site.   For more info follow these links: 6 Step guide to Social Media...

  • rTribe - The Recovery Tool for Porn Addiction

         rTribe The Powerful Porn Addiction Recovery Tool   rTribe is a Porn Addiction Recovery app that helps in incredible ways. rTribe will help you: Become self-aware Use your phone for positive things Connect with a community of people that can support you Become excited and even a little addicted to staying clean Be...

Camp

  • 7 Reasons to send your kids to camp this summer

    7 Reasons to Send Your Kids to Camp this Summer I remember the first time we sent our kids to camp. They were 7 and 8 and I was nervous. I knew that there were adults overseeing things, but teenaged cabin leaders made me wonder how secure and safe my kids would feel. I was...

  • Summer Camp, Your Child's First Taste of Their Own Faith

    There is something deeply and wonderfully special about camp.   There are the incredible experiences and friends, the opportunities to try out things you could never do at home and even the awesome spiritual lessons, leaders and mentors that kids encounter.   But there is something more!

  • Speaking Life - A New Year's Challenge for a Family Mission

    As many of you know we had an incredibly busy summer. Only being home for less than two weeks all summer was an adventure, but it was also kind of hard on our kids. As much as they got incredible experiences of being at different camps and doing things like sailing and rock climbing that...

  • A Summer Almost Beyond Words

    Imagine a summer filled with amazing weather, tons of camping and driving all over BC… for some of you that sounds amazing, for others not so much. Now that I have had a week or so to process our summer, I can honestly say that it was beyond anything I could have imagined. Watching the...

Christianity

  • Obedience

      Obedience… I was struck recently by something that maybe should be a given, but I don’t think it really is in our culture. The issue that spoke to me was that of obedience, obedience specifically as it relates to God and my relationship with Him. Obedience Is not about “Do this or else” but...

  • Audio: Teaching Our Children the Value of Quiet (and boredom)

    Teaching our Children the Value of Quiet (and Boredom too)  Melissa and Dave’s Keynote address #2 at the BC Christian Home Educators Conference I believe that there is incredible potential for us to grow our children and a vital need for us to teach them how to embrace and look for opportunity in times of...

  • Audio: The Impact of Rules with Relationships on our Faith and Parenting

    Click here to listen Rules – Relationship = Rebellion Exploring how rules impact our tendency as human beings to rebel – toward our parents and even towards God. Keynote address at CHEC (Christian Home Educators Conference)   For articles on this check out these links: The Heart of Discipline: The Principle of New Covenant Parenting –...

  • 3 Reasons Doing “Devotions” with Your Spouse is Difficult and 6 Ways to Help

    3 Reasons Doing “Devotions” With Your Spouse is Difficult And 6 Ways to Help 3 Reasons Doing “Devotions” with your spouse is difficult and 6 ways to help   Living a mutually beneficial life of devotion to Jesus as a couple is a beautiful thing to see. I’ve seen many couples do this and asked some...

Family Discipleship

  • Parenting: Laying a Foundation for Relationship and Self-Acceptance

      Laying the foundation your children need to develop and grow as God designed them to, isn’t something we always consider. In fact, often times I find myself sitting back and just being glad that my kids are doing what they “should” be doing or what they have been told to do. After all, why mess...

  • Obedience

      Obedience… I was struck recently by something that maybe should be a given, but I don’t think it really is in our culture. The issue that spoke to me was that of obedience, obedience specifically as it relates to God and my relationship with Him. Obedience Is not about “Do this or else” but...

  • Audio: Teaching Our Children the Value of Quiet (and boredom)

    Teaching our Children the Value of Quiet (and Boredom too)  Melissa and Dave’s Keynote address #2 at the BC Christian Home Educators Conference I believe that there is incredible potential for us to grow our children and a vital need for us to teach them how to embrace and look for opportunity in times of...

  • Audio: The Impact of Rules with Relationships on our Faith and Parenting

    Click here to listen Rules – Relationship = Rebellion Exploring how rules impact our tendency as human beings to rebel – toward our parents and even towards God. Keynote address at CHEC (Christian Home Educators Conference)   For articles on this check out these links: The Heart of Discipline: The Principle of New Covenant Parenting –...

Leadership

  • Audio: Teaching Our Children the Value of Quiet (and boredom)

    Teaching our Children the Value of Quiet (and Boredom too)  Melissa and Dave’s Keynote address #2 at the BC Christian Home Educators Conference I believe that there is incredible potential for us to grow our children and a vital need for us to teach them how to embrace and look for opportunity in times of...

  • Audio: The Impact of Rules with Relationships on our Faith and Parenting

    Click here to listen Rules – Relationship = Rebellion Exploring how rules impact our tendency as human beings to rebel – toward our parents and even towards God. Keynote address at CHEC (Christian Home Educators Conference)   For articles on this check out these links: The Heart of Discipline: The Principle of New Covenant Parenting –...

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Movie "Sticking it Out When Things Go Bad"

      Rogue One: A Star Wars Movie “I’m not used to people sticking around when things go bad.” “Welcome home” I took my family to see “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and it was amazing! Don’t worry I won’t spoil anything for you, but I will say that you should see the movie.  ...

  • A Story of Forgiveness and Blessing

    A Story of Forgiveness and Blessing   I’ve thought a lot about forgiveness and how important it is. I’m not sure how many people you have met that seem to seethe with hatred and bitterness, who can’t seem to talk about anything else but a or person that they have a major issue with, rehashing...

Marriage

  • Podcast - Technology's Attack on Marriage: Finding Wise Digital Boundaries

    The DFR team discusses the damage that the digital world can have on marriage and how to set up boundaries to keep your marriage safe. Technology’s Attack on Marriage – Finding Wise Digital Boundaries   http://traffic.libsyn.com/doingfamilyright/DFR71.m4a Podcast #71: Technology’s Attack on Marriage – Finding Wise Digital Boundaries   Originally posted on the DFR page HERE.  Follow...

  • Podcast - What Happens to Our Relationship When the Butterflies of Love Die?

    What happens to our relationship with the Butterflies of love die? Is it over – or is it part of the cycle of relationships? And can we get them back?   Join us on the DFR podcast as we discuss where to go from here – and if what “dead butterflies” mean for our relationships....

  • 3 Reasons Doing “Devotions” with Your Spouse is Difficult and 6 Ways to Help

    3 Reasons Doing “Devotions” With Your Spouse is Difficult And 6 Ways to Help 3 Reasons Doing “Devotions” with your spouse is difficult and 6 ways to help   Living a mutually beneficial life of devotion to Jesus as a couple is a beautiful thing to see. I’ve seen many couples do this and asked some...

  • The Myth that Marriage Completes You

    Marriage Won’t Complete You Addressing the “Marriage Will Complete You” Myth   We have likely all heard it before, the classic scene in the movie “Jerry Maguire” where Tom cruise tells Renee Zellweger “You complete me.” It’s this moment in the movie where everything seems right again. The two main characters have finally gotten their...

Melissa's Corner

  • Engaging in Relationships with our Children with Melissa McVety

      Its far too easy to get preoccupied with “Doing” daily tasks and the outward behaviour of our children where we lose sight of who are kids are, and the incredible value of quiet time and “being” in their presence. This is a video clip from our full talk at the Christian Homeschoolers Education Conference...

  • Christmas Nostalgia: A Different Kind of Holiday Blues

    Christmas Blues a Different Kind of Christmas Nostalgia Do you ever feel overwhelmed with varying emotions at Christmas time? On one hand you have a twinge of excitement, while at the same time you find yourself frequently holding back tears? Those holiday “Hallmark” Christmas movies can often cause this

Ministry Resources

  • Next Steps to Recovery from Pornography

    Next Steps to Recovery from Pornography Mountaneer climbs a snowy ridge in Mont Blanc, France. Enterprise, diligence, team work: mountaneering concepts. I can’t count the number of times men have come to me and asked, “Why won’t God give me the freedom I’m desperately seeking?” Even those men who have been in accountability relationships for...

  • The McVety Summer Ministry Update

    Imagine a summer filled with amazing weather, tons of camping and driving all over BC… for some of you that sounds amazing, for others not so much. Now that I have had a week or so to process our summer, I can honestly say that it was beyond anything I could have imagined. Watching the...

  • Our Summer Ministry and Prayer Update

    “Tough” Mudder update – a hypothermic 5 hour race. 6 weeks of camp and some prayer requests… click here for all the details along with a report from our last month or two. 

  • 4 Ways Youth Ministries Can Respond to the Current Culture Shift with Teens

    I recently wrote a post where I describe some of the things that are standing out to me in relation to youth culture’s recent shift as evidenced by the apps and websites that they choose to use. My conclusion was that “we can see that there is clearly an overt shift in teen culture from the...

Ministry Update

  • Our Year End 2017 Ministry Update

    Click on an image or the link below to read our year end ministry update and family run down – it includes a special announcement too! Ministry Update 2017

  • McVety Prayer and Ministry Update - June 2017

    First and foremost… We would like to say Thank You! Melissa and I want to sincerely express our continual gratitude for your incredible support and love as we work in the trenches with hurting couples and individuals through our ministry with DFR.   We honestly couldn’t do what we do without you!   We realize...

  • October-December 2016 Ministry update

    October-December 2016 Ministry update October-December 2016 Ministry update We have been a little behind with our ministry update this semester, our apologies. Here is our latest update with a review from our summer and leading into the winter season.   God continues to bless us as we serve Him and follow His lead! This past...

  • McVety Summer 2016 Schedule and Prayer Requests

    Click here for our FULL update letter   How you can pray for us: For balance in our lives as we wear all the different hats in our daily lives. For God’s guidance and our reliance on Him daily. Finances; God continues to provide but we still see the need to be good stewards and...

Porn Recovery

  • Next Steps to Recovery from Pornography

    Next Steps to Recovery from Pornography Mountaneer climbs a snowy ridge in Mont Blanc, France. Enterprise, diligence, team work: mountaneering concepts. I can’t count the number of times men have come to me and asked, “Why won’t God give me the freedom I’m desperately seeking?” Even those men who have been in accountability relationships for...

  • What to do if your child is into Porn - Podcast

    A Parent’s Response To their Children’s Porn Use As parents it can be VERY hard to navigate different things with our children. Few things can cause us fear and trauma like finding out one of our children is looking at pornography. The podcast attached will help give you the words and a plan of action...

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