For the last nine months or so, I’ve been deliberately praying about and working on a long term goal: Help my children learn how to walk with God. Sounds a little ambitious, huh? But God equips us for good works, and I’m working gradually, not super organized or intense about what I’m trying to accomplish. […]
Supplemented Parenting
Our neighbors paid David to watch their cats while the mom and children were in the states and the pilot husband was in and out of town for about a month. David was pretty excited the longer they were gone because he was saving up for a fishing spear. This week, the family came back, […]
How God Answers Prayers, Sometimes
How are you praying for your children? I’m discovering that persistence in prayer doesn’t always mean praying for a thing every half hour or so for several weeks. Persistence in prayer sometimes means praying for a thing every few weeks or months, for years. A few long-term, ongoing prayer requests: That my children would know […]
Appearance, Reality, and Prayer
There’s an interesting story in Joshua about the Gibeonites. These guys were neighbors of Ai and Jericho, and they were likely to be next on the destruction path. Maybe they had heard of the strange honor of the Israelites. Maybe they knew if the Israelites made a promise in the name of their God, they […]
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