It’s been many years ago, but I still smile when I recall some of our first shopping trips with my baby. One early purchase was a yellow Baby Beans doll. We held it up to her and she reached out and said “baby.” Even before she could talk it was obvious that she had caught on that you could go to a store and get things. One day we were walking through a store and she noticed a huge stuffed bear. When
Ahhh! A day after my own heart. As a child I loved to listen to my mother read from a favorite children’s book of poetry. Later I recall her reading Tom Sawyer to us. She read like she loved what she was reading. The first year I taught school I fell in love with reading aloud to my students. I subscribed to the Weekly Reader Book Club and read the books to my second grade class. Another year I bought a
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. When you hear the expression “passing the torch,” what comes to mind? The Olympics? Our schools’ track teams have relay races in which a baton is passed instead of a torch, but the idea is the same. One runner carries it for the first part of the race, then passes it to the next runner who
Give your child a piece of paper and ask him or her if they could step through it. They will probably say something like “No way!” or “That’s impossible!” Next take a pair of scissors and make a cut through the middle. Ask if this will make it easier? (Of course not) Then use the scissors again making several cuts from the center going out but not cutting all the way to the edge. Then cut from the outside going in
Psalm 46:10 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. This has been a difficult weekend for me. I have felt both misunderstood and abused through a very touchy situation I am not free to explain on this public blog. But my heart has ached and grieved for someone unable to defend herself. I spent much of the day Saturday in tears as I struggled to know