Had a short discussion with my kids about their own hospitality. I can tell they are owning the discussion because they asked “How can we be hospitable without a house?” Their question is encouraging and revealing. It is encouraging because they recognize that the commands in the Bible for Christians to show hospitality are for […]
First World Problems Are Important to God
Today I worked in the preschool nursery for church. The four year old children were all interested in a toy that was stuck deep in the cylinder of a shelf leg. I started to go into teacher mode– “What have you done to solve the problem? Will that work? Why not?” I was mostly trying […]
Spiritual Gift or Talent?
This week I’ve been thinking about the process of teaching children about spiritual gifts. I realized that I probably was getting ahead of myself with ideas, and wanted to go back and review and meditate what the Bible says about spiritual gifts again. In 1 Corinthians 12, we have both a list of gifts and […]
Teaching about Spiritual Gifts
At the church we’ve been attending, the new members’ class includes a discussion about spiritual gifts. Since David and Bethel are a part of the class, they took the spiritual gifts inventory. (They also completed and discussed a simpler inventory with their youth group.) Some churches do go overboard with teaching about spiritual gifts, and […]
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