milestones (faith, social, physical, etc.) in a child & youth’s life and connecting with families (family ministry) at those natural, stages of life This is cool. Milestones: kind of like rocks, or significant moments in the life of a person. First time parents, baby dedication/infant baptism (depending on faith tradition), believer’s baptism, confirmation/catechism (depending of […]
The television. Also known as: the TV. Love it or hate it, the TV has been an influential force in the last hundred years. From its early, crude transmitted silhouette images, to black and white with no sound, and then eventually sound, and later into color and recently high definition sets that hang on the […]
We had a contractor come by our house the other day to bid up some work we needed done. As he was leaving, Amanda and I ended up talking with him about our girls and all the activities they start to get involved in. Sari and Macie were outside with us playing in the leaves […]
Sari started gymnastics a little over a week ago. She did great! The class is called: “Tumbling with Tots” which means that parents get to tumble/coach with their aspiring gymnast. It’s really fun! Sari got to jump and balance and climb and fall. After the first class I was processing my behavior and thoughts while […]
Sari has been using this one line lately when she is either frustrated with her parents or excited with her parents. It’s about her birthday, which isn’t until February. If Sari is excited she’ll say: “YEAH! Thank you! You can come to my birthday party!” If she’s mad she’ll say: “You CAN’T come to my […]
Last night I had to put Macie in time out for some reason. While I was putting her in her crib, Sari said something that Amanda told me when I returned to the kitchen: “I don’t like Daddy, he likes to put things in time-out.”
Your kid’s an All Star? Wow! Someday he’ll be average like the rest of us. The link above does a fantastic job of talking about apathetic faith and passing that apathy down to our kids by the things we do (and don’t do).
I’ve been reflecting on my life lately… well not lately, I reflect all the time! I’m an external processor, which means when I’m in conversation with people, they don’t receive any canned, or pre-planned answers or thoughts, they get raw and uncensored Jeremy (well…kind of censored!). When people have asked me how I am doing […]
“A famous preacher had a friend who was well known for his short temper. One day, at a party, he asked this friend to help him serve some drinks. The preacher himself poured the drinks, deliberately filling several of the glasses a bit too full. He then passed the tray to his friend. As they […]
I love my two kids. They are really fun! I took this picture @ their daycare. As I pulled in the driveway, Michelle (one of our daycare providers) was just finishing up the braids in Sari’s hair. They both looked so cute and pretty as I pulled closer into the driveway. Now I’m a guy. […]