Category: FAMILY
Are You Listening to a Broken God-finder Device? (for children)
Does your mom or dad have a GPS device they use when they drive? It’s usually a small flat box, about the size of a deck of cards. People can type in the address and a map to that place shows in the TV-like display on...
Bad Days in God’s Good Plan (for children)
An Encouraging Story for Christian Children from Acts Chapter 16 Do you ever feel like complaining? Some children complain about doing chores, or about having to get up in the morning, or when their brother or sister gets a special privilege or treat that they don’t...
Close-Your-Eyes-and-Fall-Backwards Faith (for children)
Do you like storms? Some children find the cracks of thunder, flashes of lightning and howling winds frightening. Other children think storms are exciting, if they can watch them out the window of a sturdy house, snuggled up with mom or dad. But what if you...
Ezekiel and the Dry Bones (for children)
I think I might like to have a pet chicken. If I dig a hole and bury a chicken bone from last night’s dinner, do you think I could grow a chicken? What if I put the bone in a cage with some chicken feed? If...
Priscilla & Aquila: The Couple Who Lost Their Lives for Jesus
Batman and Robin. Jekyll and Hyde. Bert and Ernie. Lewis and Clark. Adam and Eve. You probably know something about each of those dynamic duos. What about Priscilla (or Prisca) and Aquila? You’ve heard their names, they show up occasionally in your Bible reading, and you...
The Hardest Change So Far
Life has led us through deep waters of painful transition but a few times. The latest (and most difficult thus far) is at flood stage. The birth of our first child initially launched us into the rough seas of change. Her profound retardation, blindness and a...
The Threefold Newness of Marriage
Weddings are celebrations of love, of commitment, and of hope for the future. But they are also a time to recognize and celebrate newness, even the newness of creation. When you attend a wedding you are witnessing three brand new things: First, you are witnessing the...
Thirty-five Questions for Maturing a Christian Marriage
The following questions are not intended for short answers such as a mere “yes”, but are a means to meaningful discussion between a man and a woman who have vowed to love each other “until death do us part.” Take your time to talk them over....
Understanding Love
The world does not understand the love of God in Jesus Christ. But the world loves to talk about love. It is often used with reference to trivial things like, “I love that car!” “I love football!” or “I love those shoes!” Phrases like these are...
What They Did Before TV
My mother was the youngest of fourteen children growing up on a farm in the first part of the last century. The old home place burned down when she was a girl. It was a typical Southern house divided into a boys’ room, a girls’ room,...
