Weirdly enough, a small minority pastors in the LCMS argue against doing children’s messages. Now, I’m not saying […]
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It’s nothing new, we all have felt the war between what we know is true from the words […]
Each teenager told their own story by their posture in the little church library chair that Sunday morning. […]
Jesus, especially in the Gospel of Mark, elevates children to unlikely places. His comments about children are recurring, […]
Anyone raised in the 80’s and 90’s remembers the phrase, “The children are our future.” They may even […]
Blue or pink? That was the critical dilemma a few months before our third daughter was born. Choosing […]
Dear parents, your kids will be catechized whether you like it or not. For many churches, autumn marks […]
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such […]
I was sitting in the hospital. The clock read 3am and my wife was sleeping in the bed […]
Last Sunday was National Sanctity of Life Sunday. So, let’s talk about how we talk about life. More […]
My children are all grown and out of the house. Caleb is married and has two children. He […]
They never see it coming. Because she was beautiful in every way, to those in her care. She […]
So, as some of you might remember, I have a passing interest in writing about being a dad. […]
My to-watch list on Letterboxd is currently sitting at 140 films. I have a strange relationship with films […]
It’s nothing new, we all have felt the war between what we know is true from the words of God and what the culture says is good and right. Most of the time though it doesn’t affect us directly, usually it is just those other people out there doing something we totally disapprove of. But every once in a while, this battle starts stirring in our own home, among the people we love, even right in the eyes of the little people we’ve known from their first breath.
There are moments when the things my children say take me totally off guard. Listening to the sweet little voices coming from their young mouths yet hearing something totally unexpected and shocking. Most of these times it gives me opportunity to reflect on my parenting and try to discover where they learned such a thing. Sometimes we all need a little gut-check upon realizing how our children are piecing together the world. For me, today was that very occasion.
By Joel A Hess – Dear parents, your kids will be catechized whether you like it or not. […]
By Cindy Koch – Looking over to my bookshelf, I see two tiny books that have been there […]
By Cindy Koch – Just yesterday I did something a little out of character for me. Unlike most […]
By Cindy Koch – Blue or pink? That was the critical dilemma a few months before our third […]