While sitting outside on a Sunday afternoon, I was catching up on my Bible study, when a squirrel came sauntering up to my chair. I kid you not, it came about a 1 1/2 feet away from me, stood up on its hind legs, mouth full with an acorn, and staring at me for about…
Have you ever considered how your brain is like a train? With every cart leading to the next, leading you in one direction? I’m sure you’ve heard of the saying, “You are what you think”. Let’s start the engine (here’s an example): SEEING=THINKING=FEELING=EMOTIONS=ACTION=RESULTS=BELIEF. You’ve maybe heard this “train of thought” before, but look at how…
While putting away our daughter’s clothes in her dresser drawers, I noticed a little pocket-size notebook open on top of the dresser. I glanced at it and assumed it was just something silly she wrote down for her stuffed animals, which is often the case. Not thinking I’d actually have to process what it said,…
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD? As a parent, it’s easy to think that we know our kids. We spend countless hours with them, thinking we know everything, but then they hit the next stage of life and we think, how are they even the same person? So how do we bridge the gaps…
Every Sunday growing up, I looked forward to our church’s children’s bulletin – a little booklet of activities for kids to do, that well, were basically done before the service even started! Nevertheless, it was always fun to do, helping get the idea of what the sermon would be about, in our little hearts and…
The good ole trusty rusty internet defines the word “default” as… Becoming the pre-selected or standard option that will be used automatically. We can all think of default settings. Simply think of a computer. When you open it, it goes to a default screen, that you set up and organized, to ensure you can be…
