Right now I'm working with Junior High kids at church. Specifically 8th-grade girls. Talking to them is an eye-opener. They talk about the girl in their class who is pregnant, and the kid they knew who is cutting because they can't deal with the stress, or their friend who's … [Read more...]
Pray Like This
Prayer is tricky. Wait no, it's not tricky. It can be hard to explain. We often over-spiritualize prayer or we turn it into a formula. I've certainly been guilty of both of these extremes. It can be difficult to teach children how to pray. Pray Like This walks kids through how to … [Read more...]
Help! This boring Bible passage is putting me to sleep!
A few weeks ago on my Facebook page I shared a post titled "The Bible is not boring, why do we treat it that way?". Someone commented on my post wanting to know if I'd actually read the whole Bible because there are several boring passages. She was in the middle of reading the … [Read more...]
Why learn the books of the Bible in the days of e-readers?
I taught 3/4 grade for 10 years. During that time our world went from most kids not having a cell phone to a cell phone becoming somewhat common. Once I had the first kid in my class with a cell phone, I started getting the pushback, "Why should I learn the books of the Bible … [Read more...]
Back to School prayer cootie catcher
One thing I do in my welcome email to new subscribers is to ask what they'd love to see. Monday I got a response saying Back to School prayer stations, and I thought, "Yes! That's genius, and I was playing with some ideas," and got started on it, but I very quickly figured out … [Read more...]
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