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Bomb | Balm | Bloom
Christians should be talking less about punishment and more about flourishing. If you’ve hung around churches that talk about “getting saved,” you and I share a common language. Have you been saved? is a familiar question to us. In those churches, the typical story of how we obtained salvation was this: We were born with…
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Superhero VBS On A Budget: Overview
My team and I sourced many ideas from Pinterest for our Superhero VBS. This begins a series of posts where I will share detailed information about our experience. Bible Truth When we follow God, He can do amazing things in us and through us. Memory Verse “With God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). Overview…
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More Tips for Healthy Talk About Emotions: Setting Emotional Boundaries with Your Child, Part Three
In this series about setting emotional boundaries, I’ve been encouraging parents to express their emotions to their children in a productive way. If we verbalize how our kids’ words and actions are affecting us, we can then set boundaries and preserve our own sanity, which in turn makes us better parents. In my previous post I gave…
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Tips for Healthy Talk About Emotions: Setting Emotional Boundaries with Your Child, Part Two
Have your children ever seen you erupt? One moment, you’re calm Mom or cool Dad and the next moment…BOOM! You’re Mt. Vesuvius, spewing anger, frustration, or hurt. As boiling lava careens down the mountain, your children are caught in its wake, drowning in your hot fury. Has that ever happened to you? Yep. Me too.…
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Parents Have Feelings Too: Setting Emotional Boundaries with Your Child, Part One
My daughter made me cry during dinner. Twice. About a month ago, my husband and I were sitting at the dinner table with our 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter. My daughter was not happy with what I had cooked. What a shocker. (You can just hear my sarcasm, can’t you?) She tends to run hot and…
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Photos of Devon-Aire Park
My artist friend, Shirley, asked for photos of our neighborhood park. Here you go, Shirley! Notice the white spire of our church building in the background.
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Creating a Church Nursery Space for Crawlers
I lead Children’s Ministry at my small church. Our youngest children are in a large classroom; they range in age from birth to Pre-Kindergarten. It was impossible for our workers to find a safe spot for newly mobile infants. Thanks to a donation, I was given a budget of $900 to create a Crawler Zone.…
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How I Met Your Mother: Sitcom or Mystery?
Less than a week ago, “How I Met Your Mother” bid its followers farewell in a finale that has been widely criticized. Fans were disappointed. It made no sense, they argued. How did the characters end up there, when they spent nine seasons going in the opposite direction? The one-hour series finale, “Last Forever, Parts…
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“Blessed are those who defend their rights,” said nobody, ever.
This week, I have been thinking hard about the self-identified Christians making news. Some believe their religious freedom is under attack. They are fighting back by seeking to legalize discrimination. I was actually going to write an entire post about that issue today. Then, I saw this news story. Priests in the Ukraine are leaving their opulent…
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Extreme Inner Makeover: Christmas Edition
My family’s photo was taken this year on the first Saturday of December. The smiling lady is me. Sometimes, in past Christmas seasons, I felt more like this lady: If we were all to make a list of all the things we do at Christmas time, I’ll bet our lists would look fairly similar. Shopping…
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