You’re Joking Me: BOOK REVIEW
You’re Joking Me --- A Book of Jokes for Kids by a Kid You're Joking Me is a charming book with more than four-hundred one-liners, puns, riddles, and knock knock…[...]
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Fairytale Endings
Fairytale endings without hardship are just endings. There is no cause for victory without a battle to fight. …[...]
Four Ways to Prepare Your Children for School and Nurture their Spiritual Health
It is back to school time; and, if you’re like me, you feel both excitement and dread. Excitement, that we made it through the summer with the children at home,…[...]
Three Ways to Help Children Navigate Change
Change is difficult no matter your age. For children, change, especially involving divorce, can manifest feelings of insecurity and spur bouts of acting out. Since there is little else they…[...]
What’s so Important about Family Traditions
Over the years, my husband and I have established a few traditions with our family. Some were cultivated from our favorite childhood traditions and some have been established through new…[...]
Cookie Cutter Evangelism
One of the most challenging and often intimidating concepts to teach to children is what it means to be reborn after the pattern of Christ. One Sunday morning in the…[...]
Group invitation mishaps and how to avoid them
“I shared the gospel with my class; but when it came to the invitation, several kids raised their hands who don’t really seem to be ready. How do I handle…[...]
The Battle for a Foster Child’s Heart
The number of children entering foster care each year is astounding. “On any given day, there are nearly 438,000 children in foster care in the United States.” (childrensrights). In the…[...]
How the Everyone Gets a Trophy Culture Conditions People to Reject the Gospel
Why the “Everyone Gets a Trophy” Manta is not ok. I want everyone to feel valued, especially kids, and nothing makes a kid feel more valued that receiving a trophy. …[...]
The Danger of Growing Up in Church
As a mom and former children’s ministry director, I know the joy of seeing kids excited about Jesus. I’ve also been at it long enough to know the heartbreak of…[...]