How is your scripture engagement going with your kids? How about you youth ministers and Sunday school teachers and leaders? Miriam McKenney continues to read the Bible with her kids at church, and we’re reaping what we’ve sown. The children are growing into the Word of God.
Scripture engagement with teens: subtle and not-so-subtle approaches Read Post »
If we recognize God in our lives, we must acknowledge Satan, too. This post explores how we talk with our children about Satan, and how we recognize Satan working in our lives.
That moment you realize the voice you’re hearing isn’t God – it’s Satan Read Post »
God’s story is rich with adventure, love, deceit, and every situation and emotion imaginable. My kids are hooked. My new theory about reading the Bible with kids: they’re never too young to be challenged, and they’re never too old to wonder. Join us as we read Luke and Acts!
Scripture engagement works. My teens dove deeper. Read Post »
Spending Holy Week with my young children has been an unexpected blessing. Our traditions help us grow together as Christians.
How our family observes Holy Week at home Read Post »
When modern people think about prayer, often we wonder “does prayer work?” But that question rests on false assumptions. Real prayer works – on us.
Prayer is not the art of the deal. It’s the art of honesty. Read Post »
If I want to be able to absorb all the new life Easter has to offer – all the resistance it offers to the powers of sin in our broken world – I need the grace that comes with honest confession and repentance.
The Litany of Penitence prepares us for the season to come. Read Post »
Sandra Montes reflects… Since Easter is my favorite time of the year, I have always made a big deal about
Lent Together: A Mother and Son Reflect Read Post »
You visit the earth and water it… You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth. –
Well here I am. I am stuck in the middle. The middle of Lent. And I am waiting. And I
In the Middle of Lent Read Post »
“This place has freed you. Now go and free others.” I am not sure if she will ever remember speaking those