If you are one of the few Americans who don’t watch football or baseball in October, you may not be aware that it is National Breast Cancer Awareness month (which tends to overshadow the other commemoratives, including the all-important National Pizza Month). Ever since 1991, the pink ribbon has been the symbol of seeking the…
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Just a Piece of the Bigger Kingdom Puzzle
It was a joy to travel to Huntsville, Alabama with my wife this past weekend to conduct a teacher training at Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA). They are one of our latest churches to fully implement OSM’s Sunday School curriculum. It was great to be able to encourage them in the Biblical foundations of the Christian…
On Rainbow Flags and Boy Scouts
As a symbol of gay and lesbian pride, the rainbow flag has been around a long time–actually since 1978. But your children may ask you about it more often as of late, since it is showing up in all sorts of places–and is rumored to be making appearances in children’s television shows and movies. So…
The Bible is for Boys Too!
Warning: The following post contains many broad generalizations on the subject of boyhood and girlhood. Please trust that the author knows that not ALL girls or ALL boys are exactly alike. He certainly realizes that there’s a spectrum of both masculinity and femininity–so not ALL boys enjoy blood, guts, hunting and football; nor do ALL…
Tragedies Should Break our Hearts
Soon after the Boston bombing and the massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant, I wrote about how Tragedies are Teachable Moments. Now we’ve witnessed the massive tornadoes striking the Midwest, especially in Moore, Oklahoma. To me, what makes this event even more devastating are the initial stories of children sitting in the hall of their…
It’s Time to Take Teenagers Seriously
The way we think about teenagers as well as our expectations for them over the last few decades has befuddled me for quite some time. When children are young, it seems like parents have a constant expectation for growth and maturity. We “push” our children to say their first words, to go from crawling to…
It’s Not Political, It’s Biblical!
We now have the first active NBA player to publicly proclaim his homosexuality. The drumbeat is getting louder for a federal gay marriage law. Mr. Obama has become the first sitting American president to give a speech to Planned Parenthood, lauding it for its commitment to women’s rights, contraception, and abortion. The FDA lowers the…
Just Answer the Question!
Children ask questions. Lots of questions. And when you have lots of children, as in my case, the questions grow exponentially. In my most recent estimation, I believe I am asked a question by a child of mine every 2.7 seconds I’m around them (my wife clocks in at about one every 1.9 seconds). Now,…
Tragedies are Teachable Moments
In just the space of just a few days in April, the nation has witnessed a terrorist bombing in Boston and a horrific explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant. It wasn’t too long ago that we watched the senseless murders in Newtown. The reality is, that as long as we live in this fallen world,…
The Power of Talking to Your Child
A recent New York Times article by Tina Rosenberg entitled “The Power of Talking to Your Baby” summarizes new research into the educational gap between children from poor families and those raised in wealthier ones. It begins with the sad reality that before a child has his first birthday, he will most likely have fallen…
Fun isn’t the Antidote for Boredom
Back in 1985, I had the privilege of spending nearly nine months in Brisbane, Australia as a missionary intern. At the time, I had absolutely no idea I would one day be a Children’s Ministry guy (I was a journalism major at the time). There were so many highlights to that trip that are all…
The Highlights are not Enough
I’ve been a big NCAA March Madness fan ever since the 1979 match up of Magic Johnson’s Michigan State Spartans vs. Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores. I have watched many a basketball game since then, and filled out a ton of brackets (even before it was cool). Now, my wife would rightly point out that…
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