Kindergarten Wisdom

Robert Fulghum wrote in the Kansas City Times, "Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in ...

Child's Perspective on Death

My 4-year-old granddaughter and I were talking one day about death. Her grandfather has cancer and I wanted to prepare her for the inevitable. She didn't ...

Results of Divorce

"Almost half of children of divorces enter adulthood as worried, under-achieving, self-deprecating, and sometimes angry young men and women," ...

Righteousness Starts at Home

Abraham was chosen to be a blessing to the whole earth, but his vocation was to begin to take effect in the simplest way. He was called to teach his own ...

Trading Brothers

An expectant friend with sons 4 and 2 asked the older one, Ben, if he would like to have a new brother. After careful thought, Ben replied, "No, ...

A Higher Calling

My long hours working as a childcare provider often tempted me to complain about my job. Although I didn't know what work God wanted me to do, I was ...

Best Intentions

One day, I taught my young class the story of Jesus visiting Mary and Martha. I carefully explained how Martha had hurried to clean the house and cook ...

Stories: Preparation for Life

Children love stories. Even in an age of computer games and electronic toys, there is still resonant power in the phrase "Once upon a time ..." ...

Plugged In

Our six-year-old son, Alex, was looking at a picture of himself when he was one week old. Upon seeing his umbilical cord still attached in the picture, ...

Ready for the Rapture

After church, where she had been taught about the Second Coming, a little girl was quizzing her mother.

"Mommy, do you believe Jesus will come back?"