Knowing God By Name
God knows your name and mine. Do we know His? Early in my Christian life, I heard a sermon series on the Lord’s Prayer. When my pastor reached, “Hallowed be Your name,” he detoured into a new sermon...
View ArticlePronouns are Important
Blatantly sexist. Hierarchical. Offensive. Oppressive. Domineering. What would provoke such harsh declarations? The writer of those words goes on to identify the reason: “capitalized, masculine...
View ArticleMaking Jesus Accessible to Littles
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.” Luke 18:16 NIV My one-year-old grandson’s...
View ArticleHow to Host a Shepherd’s Dinner
A Shepherd’s Dinner is a fun family activity that the youngest (and oldest) family members can enjoy. The night Jesus was born, the shepherds “watched their flocks at night” (Luke 2:8) You and your...
View ArticleWhat is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
Anger in Children Oppositional Defiant Disorder: is that a fancy name for the terrible twos? Or does it instead refer to the age when teenagers defy their parents about almost anything on a daily...
View ArticleSave Educational Gifts for New Year’s Day
When our children were little we started a new tradition to celebrate the New Year. We read about creation and newness in the Bible and then we celebrated new starts. This included giving children (or...
View ArticleChristmas card and puzzles for kids
Looking for cards and puzzles you can use with your students? Here is a Christmas card for kids with a wordsearch puzzle in it about the very first Christmas when baby Jesus was born. You can click...
View ArticleSpecial Needs Resource for Parents and Teachers
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to...
View ArticleSinging Carols with Children
Do you sing carols with your children? I don’t just mean at church, but do you sing them, or have them playing on a stereo in your home? My home when growing up was filled with music…hymns and...
View ArticleSeven Family Activities Around the Christmas Tree
The countdown to Christmas is in full swing. If you’re anything like me, you’ve only just put your tree up, you still have presents to buy and cards to send. I’m definitely a last-minute shopper, but I...
View ArticleThree Reasons to Give Kids Devotionals
Devotionals are popular gifts at birthdays and Christmas. Perhaps you are wrapping up your shopping for a child or preteen. Your family may be following the four gift tradition: something they want,...
View ArticlePraying Hearts
Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. I love the Christmas season, but the commercialism brings out the selfishness in all of us. Selfishness is the default response of our natural human nature. Little children have...
View ArticleBelieving Like Mary
Labyrinthby Ignacio Bernal_flickr.com_8118647942_CC BY ND 2.0 “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished.” Luke 1:45 Preparing for Advent, I’m drawn to...
View ArticleSanta and Me
Though I titled this post Santa and me, I’m not sure we’re actually in a relationship. Sorry. Santa and I have had an on again, off again relationship most of my life. More off than on, really. I don’t...
View ArticleE-Books Versus Print Books
eBook or Print Book Quite often I see children reading from tablets as I sit in the airport lobby waiting to board my plane. I have also often noticed children using their parent’s iPhone for...
View ArticleJoin us in prayer for our country . . .
Our nation and our leaders need our prayers. This is true for all countries, but today it is especially true for the United States. We have been through a very bitter election and many people are...
View ArticleFREE Women of the Bible Coloring Page-Ruth
I have always loved Ruth’s story of faith and trust. She left her home, most of her family, and everything she knew to journey with her mother-in-law to a foreign land. She had experienced great...
View ArticleAfterglow!
Christmas Day has been and gone. The glory and sparkle of the day can disappear just as quickly, and can leave us feeling a bit blue in the following days. So how can we truly savour the time between...
View ArticlePrepare to Parent with a Monthly Pray and Plan
A New Year is Approaching and as parents consider how to make it your best year. Parents often forget to set aside time to pray and plan regularly for their family. My husband and I held a monthly Pray...
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