"Dear GOD,
I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. -Nan" I read this on Children’s Letters to God and laughed out loud....
...We haven’t been “killing God” over the past six decades as much as we’ve been declaring Him irrelevant. We’ve been reinventing the God of Abraham and Isaac, Peter and Paul, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, and most of us have slept through it. It’s time to wake up and begin fighting for our children’s future by fighting for their view of God. It starts in our home....
My daughter spilled the beans about Santa. She was in 2nd grade and a group of girls were huddled on the playground talking (rapidly) about their Christmas wish lists. One friend giggled her excitement about Santa’s visit on Christmas Eve. My daughter felt she needed to set her straight...
On September 11, 2001 I faced the dilemma many parents experienced on October 7, 2023. My 6 year-old son and 4 ½ year-old daughter were home when the first plane struck. I was in shock. The images were hard to process and honestly, at first, I didn’t think about the fact that the kids were watching it with me.
October. It is the perfect month to talk with kids about the power of God!
Everywhere they look they will be confronted with Halloween décor. Witches, ghosts, skeletons emerging from graves… the power of darkness is on full display. It can...
Everyone loved her parties and so it was no wonder that on a warm summer day her balcony became a popular gathering area for a party no one would ever forget. The newly built balcony groaned silently under the weight of unsuspecting guests....
A young boy approached Ada Duhigg after the meeting. His big brown eyes stared pleadingly into hers, “Ma’am, if I’m really, really good will god be happy with me and turn my black skin white?” How did this dear child of God come to believe that his skin color was a punishment? He had been hoodwinked by...
Once upon a time, our President, Congressmen, CEO’s, teachers and preachers were children. During the first 13 years of their lives the foundation upon which every decision they make today was laid. Their moral compass was established and their view of the world and of God was formed....
My dad is one of my greatest heroes. Not because he was perfect, he wasn’t. Not because he was successful, though he was. Not because he taught me to fly fish, though he did. No, his hero status was born in his imperfection and grew as...
