Children

  • God doesn’t insist I be better

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    For Sunday – October 3, 2021:the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and…

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  • The Problem With Raising Resilient Kids

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    Is that sometimes you can’t. The thing about kids is that they will ultimately do what they want. And this, of course, is a good thing. We can’t make our kids resilient. We can, at best, help them develop the tools to be resilient. As the idea of raising resilient kids becomes even more trendy…

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  • Grandma’s Cookies

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    I made my grandma’s cookiesyesterday. My kids didn’t reallylike them. And why would they?They don’t really resemble a cookieat all. They are far more like agranola bar, cut into bricks and stored in plasticware. I remember them always in the pantry. Enough for visitors–the grandchildren, of course. I’m not sure we liked them much, but…

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  • Students of Small Things

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    We like things big in the U.S. When I was going to school in Canada, I’d show up with a 44 oz drink from Speedway and my friends and professors would shake their heads. One called it “Texas-sized” which is pretty true. We’re obsessed with big. Which is why we have trouble with Jesus always…

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  • More Than Parenting, Loving

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    The book had the most evocative title. It really seemed like it was written for me. Parenting Without Regret. Such a powerful statement in three words. And I felt the subtitle in my gut: “Raising Kids With Purpose, Not Perfection”. Deep and poignant. But when I picked up the book, I thought: This is like…

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  • Children’s Sermon

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    I didn’t grow up with a regular children’s sermon. Sometimes, we’d be brought up to the front two pews and there was something, maybe it was a children’s sermon…I know we had picture books. Dad likes to read picture books to the children sometimes. That usually is after finding some new ones at Barnes &…

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