Teach More Than a “Try Harder” Faith
“Why would God make one of the Ten Commandments about jealousy? Nobody can control jealousy!” asked my 7-year-old.
Good question. Once, my first impulse might have been to say, “So we try harder.”
Big mistake.
When my younger daughter ...
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Sacred Interruptions
When I’m trying to write, my young daughter likes to sit on my lap and have what we call “typing time.” Her fingers perched over the keyboard, she practices her motor coordination and spelling skills by typing simple words over and over.
Small Sticky Hands Lead Me to Jesus
Last summer, hugely pregnant with my third child, I took my 1- and 3-year-olds on a walk every afternoon. I’d saunter along behind them, absently resting my hand on my taut belly, hoping to receive some communication in the form of a heel or shoulder blade in my palm. ... I felt confident walking into the New Jersey post office that afternoon. I had set clear rules beforehand for my children. They knew to avoid the automatic door buttons. As tempting as the buttons were, an open door would land them right on Main Street with oncoming ... There were so many things I looked forward to before having children, but one that couldn’t come fast enough was getting to enact the nightly ritual of story time again. (Seriously, not fast enough. I think we started reading books to our firstborn when he was ... Author Richard Foster describes spiritual disciplines as practices Jesus taught through his own words and actions. In his classic, Celebration of Discipline, Foster says,
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When my girls were tiny Jerry and I cherished every new miracle. The first baby tooth! Eating finger food! Crawling, walking brought applause and cheers. I loved watching their little minds work as they began to talk and figure out new experiences. (At first sight of ...
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Learning to Listen
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When You Need to Hear a Story
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Motherhood as Spiritual Practice
Parenting: A Life-Long Calling
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