While I was walking recently in my favourite park by the river, I noticed some workers putting a few fake coyotes by the pond where many geese hang out. The goal is to scare the geese away, as they make a mess pooping all over the walks. The next day I noticed that the decoys […]
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Scuffy the Tugboat has a lot to be grateful for, but instead, he complains that he was “meant for bigger things.” When his owner tries to give him “bigger things”, he still isn’t satisfied, but escapes and learns through his adventures to be grateful for that at which he previously turned up his nose. I don’t know
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The answer to “Is your God too small?” has got to be “yes,” because after all, how can we finite, created human beings fully grasp the infinite Creator? But we can at least make a good start! “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” is how Psalm 19
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Your children are your children. That sounds obvious, but sometimes it seems that the government assumes that your children are their children. And they want to decide just about everything concerning them. But you, not the government nor anyone else, have the obligation to decide what is best for your children – hopefully under
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In January I did a book review on “Freckles” a great book by Gene Stratton Porter. This book, “A Girl of the Limberlost”, isn’t exactly a sequal, but there is reference to “Freckles” and he and his family enter the story towards the end. The heroine of this story is Elnora, whose father died before
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“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) In this world where good is called evil and evil is called good, we and our children desperately need to renew our minds with the Word of God. Lies come at us and our children – subtly and not
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“I’m so ugly!” I said to my mother as we were walking to the store one day. I was around eight years old at the time. “Looks don’t count!” was my mother’s response. She was trying to teach me good values. She was right, but she was wrong. She was right in the sense that
Homeschooling parents often worry about missing something in their children’s education. Here is a truth that should speak into that concern: It’s never too late to learn something. While it might be too early to learn something – a child might not be developmentally ready – there is no “magical time” to learn things –
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These are difficult times we are living in for many reasons. Some days things seem pretty dark. But always there is hope. The words below the photo were spoken thousands of years ago by the prophet Jeremiah. Things were so very bleak for his people (my people – the Jewish people) and for him, personally.
“Something from Nothing” is a lovely story by author-illustrator Phoebe Gilman who is a master at writing children’s books that have delightful rhythms. The charming story is about a little boy’s attachment to his baby blanket that gets worn out, and the little boy’s well-founded faith in his grandfather who will fix his problems. Except
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