Posts Tagged ‘Parenting’
Foretaste of the Sermon to Come
Genesis 8:20–22 (ESV): 20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on…
Read MoreWho Do You Need Me to Be?
By Pastor Paula Burchill Many years ago in a mom’s group I was a part of, we were having a conversation about our kids. If I remember correctly, many of…
Read MoreNervousited
By Pastor Paula Burchill A couple of years ago, the night before school started, my daughter told me she was really nervousited. When I looked at her quizzically, she said,…
Read MoreIn Defense of a Bad School Picture
It is school picture season and I miss the days of the really bad school picture. The envelopes come home and all over them are opportunities for re-takes if you…
Read MoreBack to School Blues
I always get so sad when my kids start school after summer vacation. For years some friends and I have met for coffee and to weep over the passage of…
Read MoreListening
A lot of parenting advice [and marriage advice for that matter] talks about how important listening is. I know listening is important, but I happen to have a mind that…
Read MoreVanity of Vanities and the First Day of School
School started this week, which is bittersweet for most kids and parents. I can remember so vividly the first year all of my kids were in school and I had…
Read MoreFriend me, I’m better than you!
So it hit me today. I got this email from an awesome parent of a wonderful teenager. And it turns out that this wonderful teenager is acting out. And this…
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