How do you teach children to pray? Even more so, how do you teach them to pray if you struggle with your own prayer life? Today I received my Family Devotional Success Newsletter in my email, and teaching children to pray was the topic of its first article. This article reminds us that we must be careful not to reduce God to a granter of wishes or to a god who must be appeased as if we were praying to
Hab.1: 2-4 Click on the link to read this scripture in the Contemporary English Version. Once opened, you may select from several versions. I claim no credit for today’s post other than that of discovery. My new Facebook friend, Jean Fischer, is the inspired writer of the blog, God is in the Compost Pile. Today’s post, A Work in Progress, is so on target with what is going
Carla Williams has written an excellent blog post on how to deal with a child who is a finicky eater. Her advise seems very wise. I know of a child who fits the picky eater description very well. She doesn’t like much of anything so her parents give her peanut butter sandwiches. I like Carla’s no fuss, no nonsense remedy better. If you struggle with a picky eater I recommend you read her article, Dealing with a Finicky
I am continually looking for good resources to bring to the attention of my readers. Today I discovered an interesting article about an author I would like to learn more about. Here is the article: http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/christian-author-connects-with-teen-girls-their-moms-159702.html I did a Google search and found her blog. Again, I was very impressed. I give her a thumbs up and hope she is able to reach many teens through her ministry. http://vickicourtney.com/
(Note: My writer friend and adoption counselor and coach, Sharon Brani, posted this as a Facebook Note this morning and it was so good I asked to share it here. She graciously agreed.) Well it’s that time again when you hear about resolutions and goals. I’ve been asked from time to time if I set goals. Yes, I do. Each year I spend some time alone to evaluate the previous year and then focus on what is important for the next year.