Author: Steve Hodges The Earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. –Psalm 24:1 My wife recently attended a two-day blogging conference. While at the conference, I spent the days with the children. Our family has long had a tradition of Daddy Destinations. A Daddy Destination is a [...]
This morning, I came across this article: “How a Deal With My Daughter Paid Off.” In it, writer Ed Welch talks about the power of positive touch: “The best thing I ever did as a parent came from a misunderstanding. My oldest daughter was in junior high. She wanted something desperately—I don’t remember what it [...]
Author: Kelly Patchin I believe one of the best ways to help your children remember the Bible is to have them tell you the story. For centuries the Bible was an oral tradition for the people of Israel. They would tell stories from generation to generation. When you tell a story it becomes less about [...]
Since ancient times, age thirteen marked a boy’s transition from child into adult. According to the Talmud, when Jewish boys reach 13, they become responsible for their actions and become a Bar Mitzvah. Prior to a boy reaching Bar Mitzvah, his parents hold the responsibility for the child’s actions. After this age, children bear their own responsibility for Jewish ritual law, [...]
Author: Wendy Clark Perhaps you’ve heard people talk about creating or building “margin” into our lives. The expression refers to freeing up room in our lives for space, rest, and unscripted moments. As an English teacher I’ve had occasion to reflect on the value of margins. On a typed page the margin is the empty [...]
Three weeks after my first son, Christian was born, my sister-in-law, my neice and my nephew had made the long drive from Southern California to see Christian for the first time and to spend a few days with us. My neice was about eight at the time, my nephew about 13 years old. One morning [...]
Hello, Passionate Purposeful Readers! Thanks to my husband PPP now has a new website! If you have a chance, I would love for you to click over and check it out, and if you wouldn’t mind, “liking” it. I am reposting this week’s post on the new website…. In doing so, we lost all [...]
“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.” ~ quote from my daily desk calendar “If Everything is Coming Your Way You’re in the Wrong Lane.” I’ve almost found solace [...]
Author: Tyler Robbins Tyler has been married to Mrs. PPP for 14 years, with son Nathan, 10 and daughter, Rachel, 8. In addition to serving as PPP technical support, Tyler works for an Internet company and serves as an Elder in New Harbor Community Church in Benicia, CA. We’re losing our kids. They’re leaving the [...]
Author: Jaime DeCarlo Jaime is a proud mommy of several children, all who have come to her in ways she never would have imagined! Angela is her 23-year-old, married step-daughter, Shelly (18) and Kenneth Jr. (16) are her husband’s biological and her adopted children of 9 years, Emmalyn is her miracle baby of 1 year [...]