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Pumpkins and Jesus
Whether or not you choose to participate in Halloween, your kids will be aware of the holiday. Our secular society loves this holiday because it means big sales for the stores. Costumes, candy, and...
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A Wonderful Way to Share the Bible Story With Children
Two years ago I was invited to a mission event to teach children about Latin America. We’d gathered around our interactive map and labeled the Amazon River, the rain-forests and the mountains in Peru....
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Playmates, Imaginary Friends, and a Forever Friend in Jesus
How does one hope to fully grasp the vast awesomeness of God? It will take a lifetime, and I am certain we will all still feel overwhelmed when we meet him face to face. What can we do to help our...
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FREE Men of the Bible Coloring Page-Silas
The thing I’ve always remembered about the story of Silas in Acts 16 was that he and Paul were praying and singing hymns to God after being humiliated, severely beaten, chained, and locked up. When I...
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My Happy Pumpkin
Young children delight in picking out and carving their first pumpkins. Now help them learn about God’s love by comparing the experience to God’s choosing us and shaping us to his delight. Just as the...
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My “Once-in-a-Lifetime” Grandmother
“A house needs a grandma in it.”—Louisa May Alcott Nonna Anna stepped into my seven-year-old life with laughter, love, and lore. As the day of her arrival from Italy approached, my heart swelled with...
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Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Sensory Integration Dysfunction My dear friend’s son, Jackson, has a hard time communicating because he is fearful due to sensory overload. Sensory overload happens when one or more of the body’s...
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Fear and children by Karen Whiting
Masks, scarecrows, and scary scenes may cause nightmares and raise fears in young children. That makes this season a great time to chat about fear ad trusting God. Read Isaiah 41:10 and post it: So do...
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Children and Tragedies
Children are facing tragedies daily. Parents are deployed. Storm, wildfires, and earthquakes destroy lives, homes, and communities. Cancer is no respecter of persons, striking the very young and the...
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Thanksgiving in the Woods: Book Review and Giveaway
Written for children aged 4-8, Thanksgiving in the Woods is a lovely new title from Sparkhouse Publishing that tells the true story of a unique Thanksgiving celebration. For more than twenty years, one...
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Advocating for Your Child
I was brought up when it was said that children should be “seen and not heard.” Decades later, kids are encouraged to advocate for themselves in many areas of their lives. Sometimes, though, they need...
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Redeeming the Time
Question: Why did the woman throw her clock out the window? Answer: She wanted to see time fly. Okay, that’s an old joke and it isn’t very funny anymore, at least not to me. I don’t need to toss my...
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Should We Teach Children to Obey God?
Though my parents were born-again Christians with a deep faith and personal relationship with Christ, I was raised with a legalistic spin on Christianity. There were more “don’ts” than “dos,” and many...
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A Time to Remember
Remembering the fallen heroes today. Thank You, God, for their service to our country and their sacrifice! Also remembering and praying for the families who have lost a hero, and whose lives have been...
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My Reading Hat: The Power of Ritual in a Child’s Life
Children thrive on ritual. Just think back to your own childhood. Did you recite the same prayer every night before falling asleep? What about asking your mother to read the same book over and over...
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Training Them Up
Train Them Up Christ, the Cornerstone of Truth There is a saying about children that goes, “If you don’t teach them, the world will!” That is a frightening thought! Just look at the spiritual landscape...
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FREE Men of the Bible Coloring Page-Timothy
“Let no man despise thy youth” was a verse I heard often growing up. It’s found in 1 Timothy 4:12 (KJV), and I think it resonated with me because I always seemed to be the youngest in anything I did. I...
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‘Twas the Evening of Christmas
A few weeks ago, I promised to share a peek inside my newest children’s picture book, ‘Twas the Evening of Christmas, a Nativity story told in rhyme that mimics Clement C Moore’s classic tale....
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Thanksgiving: The Forgotten Holiday
We have a joke in our house. We call Thanksgiving the speed bump on the way to Christmas. That’s truly an unfortunate way of looking at a holiday that is all about giving thanks. Though we should...
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Eating well while losing weight – even through the holidays
The holiday season is here again in full swing. Are you looking forward to a Thanksgiving feast next week? Enjoying good food with family and friends is a wonderful tradition. I want to share about...
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