Luke 18:16-17 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Children… Read More
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“Why Do We Do Halloween?”
He stands with his chin on the kitchen counter watching a face slowly appear on a pumpkin. “Why do we do Halloween?” he asks. So many ways to answer. I need to buy time. “Why do you think we do Halloween?” He closes one eye, aims the other one at… Read More
More & Better Words For Difficult Kids
Who is the most difficult person in your life?” My pastor asked us to just be quiet for a minute and think about that. Sadly, I didn’t need the whole minute. Do you know who I thought of instantly? One of my own kids. Awful. Ok. Ok. In my defense… Read More
Teaching Children Generosity
When we started homeschooling many years ago, I was given Wednesdays to teach them whatever I wanted. So we do art together, practice piano, and walk through a survey of the bible. And then head to the food pantry. Because – like art, music and theology – generosity has to… Read More
What Good Dads Do
Dad’s can turn garbage into a soccer ball. Dirt into breakfast, lunch and dinner. And boys and girls into men and women. Richard is Colline’s uncle, but every bit her dad (I wrote yesterday about how she went from slave to daughter.) He wakes her early for chores because “this… Read More
Curing The Fatherless Epidemic
Daisy breaks a large cinnamon stick into shards and places a few at a time in small plastic bags. Her daughter sits close, learns the trade. Daisy is a street vendor taking care of two kids by selling spices to passersby. She lives in a one-window concrete box the size… Read More