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I love that this morning, I had an opportunity to teach my children not to be mean.
This morning, Bethel and Laurel were playing with a new playdoh set that Laurel bought with her own money. I heard Laurel start to get irritated with Bethel, so I looked over and saw that both children [...]

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This morning mommy needed the restorative waters of God’s Word– the rest and peace. Here is what I read and said to my children this morning.
Would you like to hear a poem mommy likes a lot? [I didn't say, but I thought: it doesn't matter; I'm going to read it anyway!]
It’s by King David when [...]

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My antivirus software noticed a Trojan on my site today.  After further investigation, we learned that my site was hacked, and a harmful small java script was embedded in the header file of my blog.  I don’t know what, if any, consequence this has for you.  We have taken actions to remove this malware.  The [...]

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On Monday my friend Kelly showed me this passage and I’ve been thinking on it since then.
I Peter 1:17-21
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, [...]

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Sammy and the Shepherd
by Susan Hunt, Illustrated by Cory Godbey
Published by Reformation Trust (an imprint of Ligonier Ministries)
King David wrote Psalm 23 from the perspective of a happy sheep with a good shepherd. In this picture book, Susan Hunt and Cory Godbey share and develop this perspective with children, illustrating through picture and story each [...]

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Yesterday in Bible study we talked about a passage that gives me hope as a Christian [insert specific role here].
For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason [...]

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To give you a context for my day, understand that my children tend to be spiritually undemonstrative. They do ask spiritual questions, but by and large, I’ve been amazed at how little interest they have in spiritual things. “Do you want to hear what Mommy is reading about?” No, thanks. If I talk too long, [...]

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Awhile back, I was challenged to be teaching my children more of the Bible deliberately.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (II Timothy 3:15).
We do a lot of incidental talking about Scriptures, but those tend to [...]

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The question: Given the unregenerate state of our children, is it creating hypocrisy to require outward fruit of them, knowing that there is no inward fruit?
I would say that it depends. If we treat the inside and outside as essentially equal, then yes, I think so. In other words, when you act kind, you are [...]

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I know I’ve been delinquent in posting and keeping readers updated. Blogging is important and valuable to me, so it’s worth working to keep it going.
Catching up… we received notice that Lee has been approved for a fellowship in neonatology, so we’ll be moving to Texas next summer. We will miss Alamogordo and our church [...]

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