by Erika Marksbury I know what you’ll think: Why didn’t you sense that something was wrong? Why didn’t you look more closely before inviting your children into that scene? Didn’t you know that wasn’t normal? Trust me, I know… I mean, now I know. But at the time, I was just so excited. And I’ve … Continue reading
by Jennifer Mills-Knutsen Scripture: Matthew 6:2-4 “Whenever you give to the poor, don’t blow your trumpet as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may get praise from people. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left … Continue reading
~Horace McMillan I’m a devoted father, and my wife, Monique is a devoted mother. When we first got into this parenting gig, we were tempted to believe that all a child needed was a stable, loving two-parent household in order to thrive. Over the years we’ve come to realize that raising healthy, well-adjusted children requires … Continue reading
by David Grummon “Oh you have gooooot to be kidding me.” The wails of my three-year-old had, once again, raised to a feverish pitch behind me as it had so many times during our family’s week-long holiday trip to Colorado with friends. It shouldn’t have been surprising. His normal schedule was out the window, sleeping … Continue reading
by Elizabeth Dilley Scripture: Isaiah 40: 21-31 (NRSV) Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out … Continue reading
