How to Fuel the Budding Writer or Illustrator in Your Child
Write a simple story for your child and have him or her illustrate it . . . Or have your child make up a story that you illustrate. Neither of you will ever forget the experience!
No Excuses
No history, no in-laws, no ex's, no secrets, and STILL Adam and Eve managed to struggle with the same relationship pitfalls we do--especially in the areas of pride and blame. How…
What I’d Love to Ask Eve
Adam’s silence when he was offered fruit from the only tree whose fruit he couldn’t eat really irks me. Did Adam at least scratch his head before he ate it? (more…)
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Mr. Wonderful
Ever been told something so devastating you wanted to slip through a keyhole and disappear? Check this out: http://www.inspireafire.com/mr-wonderful/
Backs in Search of Bones
This past week at Teen Leadership Conference, high schoolers were asked to write about significant events . . . (more…)
The Face I’ve Earned
My husband and I laughed our bottoms off one night as we watched a commercial advertising the services of a local plastic surgeon. (more…)
Community (Prodigal Pilates, Part 5)
My friends and I have finished reading and discussing The Prodigal God, and it has taken a little while to digest it all…Here’s what I see: (more…)
What Grace Looks Like (Prodigal Pilates, Part 4)
It looks like the bishop scene in the movie version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (Columbia/TriStar Pictures, 1998). The bishop in that scene demonstrates what Christ, "the true elder brother" did…
Considering Culture (Prodigal Pilates, Part 3)
I just realized the elder brother in the parable of the prodigal sonS is an even bigger jerk than I thought a week ago. Notice how the presence of the elder…