Last night we were driving back from El Paso, where Lee had some training over the weekend. There’s a border patrol stop on the way home, and the children were fascinated by the dogs that were walking by each car that stopped. We explained that they were looking for drugs. We had to explain what [...]
Filed under: Obedience
The American Heritage Dictionary defines courage as: “The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.” You can probably see a resemblance to the Latin cor, for heart. Notice that courage could come from self-reliance or pride rather than from remembering [...]
Filed under: Communication and Meaning, Emotions, Fear
On the way home from church last night, one of my fascinating children talked about being afraid a year ago watching fireworks on July 4. I’m still interested in knowing how they understand fear, and I was particularly fascinated to wonder why this memory was brought up at that time. (We were merely looking at [...]
Filed under: Communication and Meaning, Emotions, Fear
As I sit thinking about Wisdom Wednesday, I’m asking myself: How are you different this week because of Scripture? How is God’s Word changing you this week? My answer? Uhmmm… I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’ve been preoccupied with Easter. Maybe I’m worried about teaching my daughters obedience and feeling like I could do [...]
Filed under: Wisdom
Last week one Pastor gave an alert that a curriculum his church uses omits the Easter Story, the crucifixion and the resurrection. The authors gave two reasons; the first was that the Easter story is too violent for preschoolers. We talked about this objection on Friday. The second objection was that preschoolers don’t understand death [...]
Filed under: Communication and Meaning, Discipleship
(An interruption to the normal blogging train of thought, since I want to remember.) A few weeks ago, I started playing and singing songs about the cross and the resurrection. I was a little worried, because all the children seemed to know about Easter was bunnies and egg hunts. It’s hard not to get excited [...]
Filed under: Discipleship, Family Devotions
Authors of a Sunday school curriculum explained recently why they were omitting the Crucifixion and Resurrection from their preschool curriculum. They made this choice for two reasons: first, that the crucifixion is too violent for preschoolers, and second, preschoolers are unable to grasp what it means to die and be raised again. Apart from the [...]
Filed under: Communication and Meaning, Salvation
Yesterday while I was reading to the children, Bethel (age 3) was climbing on the beanbag behind me and stepping (actually jumping) on my hair. I told her to stop jumping on the beanbag, and started to finish the page I was reading, when I felt her jumping again. She was disciplined, and was told [...]
Filed under: Obedience
I’ve been poking through Deuteronomy on the ESV chronological plan, and as I told Lee, sometimes ending up with more questions than answers. This week, the Wisdom Wednesday comes from our Sunday school lesson, which has been challenging to me. Here is what we were reading: I speak after the manner of men because of [...]
Filed under: Introspection, Wisdom
Jay Younts has some good thoughts about receiving criticism at the Shepherd Press Blog, with some thought provoking questions at the end. Click here to read the article.
Filed under: Mentoring
