“Can we go to the pumpkin patch today!?” My daughter ask this question all year long as she counts down the weeks until pumpkin season. When pumpkin season arrives at last, my kids can hardly wait to visit the pumpkin patch to play and pick out pumpkins. In addition to being fun for the family,…
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“If God is everywhere, what happens if he gets run over by a car in the parking lot?” This is just one of many questions I’ve been asked by kids as they try to digest the staggering truth that God is here, there, and everywhere at all times. Our human minds are baffled by such…
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Can you feel it in the air? The slight shift from lazy summer days to the scheduled weeks of fall is coming soon. Ready or not, a new school year is almost here! New students, new classrooms, new curriculum, and a whole new opportunity to share God’s love with kids! Sunday School teachers and ministry…
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If your kids wanted to learn to fly an airplane, who would you want as their teacher? You’d certainly prefer a flight instructor rather than a football coach. But if you were trying to increase their likelihood of scoring a touchdown, you’d choose the football coach instead of the pilot. What if you wanted to…
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Shouts of excitement and running feet were heard as a firework, the “Twitter Glitter,” was placed in the middle of the street and lit. A few seconds later, it exploded into sparkly, bursts of jeweled light against the backdrop of a dark sky. The crackle, sizzle, and explosions of color brought delighted gasps of joy…
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My husband always jokes that most holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day are just a scam the greeting card companies came up with as a ploy to boost their sales. He’s probably not wrong, but I insist I am worth celebrating (and so is he), holiday scam or not. Days of…
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Centuries ago, crowds waved palm branches and shouted “Hosanna!” as the promised Messiah rode into Jerusalem on a donkey’s colt. Days later, large crowds cried out for his tortuous execution. What went wrong? NOTHING! Jesus accomplished exactly what he planned all along by laying down his perfect life to save sinners like you and me.…
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If you’ve known me (Nathan) longer than 5 minutes, you’re probably aware that I love dinosaurs. It should come as no surprise that my workspace is home to 50+ dinosaurs of various forms, shapes, and sizes. But these hand-painted porcelain dinosaurs are extra special to me. They were gifts of compassion from some of my…
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Did you know that Grandparent’s Day is a holiday in some countries of the world? In the United States it’s recognized in early September. But we don’t need a special day on the calendar in order to honor grandparents. We can help our kids honor them any time of the year! I want to share…
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Of all the things God could use to draw someone into fulltime ministry, pizza probably wouldn’t top the list as the most likely candidate. I mean, when you top it with bacon, sausage, and pineapple; it is pretty fantastic, but not exactly life-changing. Yet God used pizza in some pretty cool ways to teach me…
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