Family
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Talk to Kids About God’s Presence in the Midst of Natural Disasters
How can we, as Christian parents, talk to our kids about God’s presence in the midst of natural disasters? Here are a few things to share.
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Talking About Life and Death
by Sally Matheny Have you ever struggled talking with someone about serious life and death matters? It’s difficult. Especially when you’re a teen. Jan and I were seventeen years old and looking forward to graduation when it happened. Growing a Friendship Our friendship had begun only a year and a half earlier. Jan’s family had recently moved to North Carolina from Ohio. The school year was already in process. Jan was the new kid without friends. Sixteen years old, and diagnosed with cancer. Before Jan’s first day at our school, our Junior Civinettes club leader asked a few of us to go with her to visit Jan at her house.…
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Martin & Joanna Pistorius Share Keys to Perseverance
New York Times best-selling author, Martin Pistorius and his lovely wife, Joanna are celebrating eight years of marriage. I've asked them to join me and share what they're learning on the keys to perseverance.
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College Student: Be a Game-Changer & Beat the Need for “Adulting”
by Sally Matheny When my children were preschoolers, they “beat” me in every game. I made sure they buzzed in answers before me, scored the most points, and reached the finish line first. The same took place in other areas. Batches of backward letters were praised, rather, than reshaped. Misspoken words adored instead of corrected. Scored baskets enticed wild cheers at their first basketball games. We did not dare mention the refs overlooking some serious walking infractions. Why We Enabled Our Children to “Win” Why? Because we did not want our children to be upset if they failed to win. Because we, like many others, wanted our children to feel…
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Book Review and Giveaway of HOPE GIRL by Wendy Dunham
by Sally Matheny Do you remember what it was like to be twelve years old? It’s not the easiest stage in life. Often times, tweens long for their lives to be different, be better. The main character of Hope Girl, River Starling, zeroes in on several things she’d like to change. Missing Someone It’s taken most of her life to find her biological parents, now River’s number one goal is to reunite with them and become a family again. But it’s not going to be easy. Her mother has amnesia and her father is about to marry someone else! River longs to talk with her best friend, but he’s…
