My sons and I are learning to whittle. With careful hands and practiced movements we’re each shaving off slivers of basswood to turn our blocks into forms that hopefully look […]
Frames of Reference: How Early Literacy Helps Our Children See the World
While a friend and I watched our children playing on the playground, she confided to me, “The only thing I buy for myself is picture frames these days.” We had […]
Writing for His Glory: Meditate on His Word
Writing for His Glory is a series of reflections and writing prompts drawn from a writers’ workshop I teach for high school students. God spoke all of creation into existence His […]
What We Always Do: The Value of Family Traditions
I came across something I wrote five years ago on Valentine’s Day that included this gem of a conversation between then seven-year-old Bridger and five-year-old Landon: “Is God married?” Bridger […]
Navigating Loss in Children’s Literature
“Don’t worry, he’s the main character so nothing bad will happen to him,” my seven-year-old assures my five-year-old with a matter-of-factness that only a young child can muster. The author […]
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