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Valentines Day is right around the corner, and that gives us a great opportunity to teach our children about true love. Not the fluffy love that the world shows, not romantic or even family love. We can use Valentines Day as an opportunity to teach our children about love from the God – who is…
Kids in the Word
Teaching Kids the Truth About Love
It’s coming. Can you hear the incessant footsteps? It comes bearing bundles of little candy message hearts, chocolate in giant red boxes, and cardstock cartoon cards declaring awkwardly inappropriate messages for first graders everywhere. Valentine’s Day. February. The month of love. Our culture is obsessed with the idea of love. There’s romance in children’s movies,…
Why I Believe in Intergenerational Worship
I grew up as a military brat, which means as a young child I moved around a bit. However, for most of my growing up years we were stationed in a small community in Southern Arizona. I was fortunate enough to be a part of two different faith communities while growing up there, and both…
A Missional Minded Family
Missions runs deep in our family. Josh grew up as a Pastor’s Kid, but his father has since been a world-wide evangelist for nearly 20 years. In turn, Josh has traveled the world with his family, serving the Lord. I grew up falling in love with the mission fields during our yearly Missions Emphasis Sundays…
Who is my neighbor?
Turning on the news lately has been depressing to say the least. Fighting (both domestically and internationally), hateful words being spoken, riots–it seems never-ending. I keep coming back to the words “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your strength and with all your mind,…