15th
December 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
I talked earlier about being slow to speak and quick to hear as a part of being slow to anger. And here about encouraging conversation instead of lecturing.
I’ve been thinking lately that I need to be slow to speak for another reason: I’m interfering with my children’s ability to [...] Continue Reading…
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Filed under: Getting Along
12th
December 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
I have a five year old who whines routinely, cries when she doesn’t get her own way, and wants her own way most of the time. As she came to tell me about a sister who did not move when she told her to, I informed her that her sister [...] Continue Reading…
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9th
December 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
(Or simply, Spiritual Instruction Outside of the Box)
An excellent missions blog I read on occasion has a link to a website that I found fascinating, not merely for its implications in missions, but also for its implications on teaching non-standard learners.
Our American churches emphasize the written word heavily, and [...] Continue Reading…
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Tags: learning disability
Filed under: Child Development, Communication and Meaning
7th
December 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
Far from learning obedience in three easy lessons, my children (as well as I) continue to learn and wrestle with what it means to obey.
I’ve been talking with my children lately about the relationship between trust and obedience. These are not long conversations. In fact, they are short, but [...] Continue Reading…
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5th
December 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
Do you think God is pleased with your parenting right now?
That’s the question I’ve been asking myself. You need to know that I fall short in many ways. I wrestle with selfishness as a mother. I am often reminded of areas where I fall short (i.e., sin). Yet, I [...] Continue Reading…
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Filed under: Mom Time
30th
November 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
David came to me this morning, troubled. It seems that the girls were playing right outside his door this morning, hoping he would wake up and play with them. He was certain they had come into his room, and was bothered that they denied it.
He was sleepy and grouchy. [...] Continue Reading…
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Filed under: Getting Along
29th
November 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
Yesterday, I gave each child a third of some glorified silly putty I bought for Lee awhile back. They played with it and I talked. Maybe they liked playing with the silly putty (I told them they could only play with it when we were talking about the Bible), [...] Continue Reading…
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Filed under: Family Devotions, Salvation, Using Questions
28th
November 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
11 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
This year for Thanksgiving, we didn’t have any verses to read aloud at the table. We didn’t take turns sharing what we’re thankful for (although we might do that another day). We didn’t read any Thanksgiving books this year (maybe next week). I didn’t have hors oeuvres that look [...] Continue Reading…
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Tags: Thanksgiving
Filed under: Mom Time
22nd
November 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
10 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
Today, I want to think about the relationship between physical and spiritual development. Several years ago, my father-in-law agreed to repost an article on a forum that I wrote for. I thought it was interesting, but my oldest child was two, and I didn’t understand the article as well [...] Continue Reading…
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Filed under: Child Development
21st
November 2011
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When this post was written:
First child (D) was 8 yrs,
5 mo.
Second child (B) was 6 yrs,
10 mo.
Third child (L) was 5 yrs,
1 mo.
A few years ago, I found this passage:
The King of Assyria is threatening God’s people, and good King Hezekiah is badly outnumbered.
And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength [...] Continue Reading…
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