Let’s Have a Bible Class Since we’re all basically part time teachers this school year my friend Bryce had the idea that one of the subjects he ought to teach would be the Bible. I was quite taken by the idea. It hit me when I was washing my hands the other day that IContinue reading “What Do I Do With My Kids and the Bible?”
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Saving our Imaginations from Fortnite
I am reading A Wrinkle in Time to my son, Oliver, who is 7 years old. One of my goals is to teach him to use and develop his imagination. I actually stop as we’re reading to encourage him to be still and actively imagine what he’s hearing. It’s hard for him to not fidget with somethingContinue reading “Saving our Imaginations from Fortnite”
Why I Ditched the Grown Ups for the Children
The week before New Years Eve I schemed up a plan at the last minute to ditch the grown ups at our morning Sunday meeting. I’m usually involved in a significant way at our meetings (I am the pastor, after all) but it has been years (close to a decade probably) since I got toContinue reading “Why I Ditched the Grown Ups for the Children”
Four Reasons Not to Make Rules for Your Kids
My sons are six and three years old. They are now both old enough to cause considerable damage (to each other, their mother and our house). But they are not old enough to have the requisite impulse control and self-regulation to refrain from doing so most of the time. They are in constant need ofContinue reading “Four Reasons Not to Make Rules for Your Kids”
Today, if you hear his voice 