The Importance of Margins

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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 [...]

Teach Kids to Add Energy to Family Life

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Summary: Some children have the ability to suck the energy right out of family life. These children are demanding of your time, need a lot of correction, and seem to be magnets for conflict. They’re often emotionally explosive but almost always drain energy out of parents and other family members. The solution is to teach [...]

Showing Hospitality

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And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.  As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. I Peter 4:8-10, NKJV In this passage, the Apostle Peter (under [...]

Elements of a Godly faith

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My wife Janet and I have been teaching a parenting class to help parent’s disciple their children. We were excited to see that many parents are very concerned about their children’s spiritual lives. Many have been willing to learn as much as they can to fulfill God’s mandate that has been given to each of [...]

SUMMER PLANS

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As the summer quickly approaches and end of the school year invitations for various events canvas my calendar I am reminded of the struggle it is to make wise decisions concerning my kids activities and playdates.   I am finding myself feeling pressured to allow my kids to do certain things that in and of themselves seem benign. [...]

Doing Great Things for God

Guest Writer is Wendy Young. (My apologies to Wendy. I’ve had this post for a while, but am just now posting it) As I write these very words, my 7th grade son is embarking on a 3 day trip to San Francisco with his Jr. High class from school. It’s going to be an exciting [...]

How Many Extracurricular Activities?

It’s Wednesday night tonight. We look forward to Wednesdays because we have more family time since there are no activities after school. Mondays we have piano, tap and jazz. Tuesdays and Thursdays the kids have had soccer. Now soccer practice is just on Tuesdays so we can go to AWANA on Thursday nights. Saturdays we [...]