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Three things I hope we’ll remember on the 4th of July

July 4, 2017 By Ben Irwin 1 Comment

It’s important to celebrate the best of America while remaining mindful of the worst.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: America, heritage, history, Independence Day, July 4th, liturgical year

What if all we did was tell our kids the story?

May 13, 2016 By Ben Irwin 5 Comments

How can we tell our kids the whole story of Scripture – not bit by bit as moral fables, but as a big story which is also their own?

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Bible, discipleship, parenting

Talking with kids about the hard stuff in Lent

February 5, 2016 By Ben Irwin 6 Comments

My 5-year-old daughter most emphatically does NOT believe in “a season for everything.”

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Fuller Youth Institute, Lent, Sticky Faith

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