I am so thrilled to have the amazing children’s author, Glenys Nellist, sharing her grandson’s story with us today. Glenys is a wonderful storyteller (both on the page and in person), has worked in children’s ministry, is married to a pastor, and is a mom and a grandma. She loves Jesus and wrote an entire […]
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4 Simple Steps To Sharing Jesus’ Love With Little Ones
I’m pleased to welcome Teri McKinley, author of many amazing Christian books for children, to the blog today! Let’s listen to her heart about sharing Jesus’ love with her young son. When my son was only a few months old, I sat in the dim light of the nursery rocking him at bedtime. As I […]
6 tools to actually help your kids online (because your internet filter isn’t helping as much as you thought)
A recent study from the Oxford Internet Institute shows that an internet filter is NOT an effective way to protect our children and teenagers from online pornography. In fact, if you look at their data, it almost seems that the reverse is true – that when caregivers have an internet filter, kids are slightly MORE […]
Did I just hear from God? (+4 ways to know if it was actually God)
Have you ever heard God speaking to you? Maybe you can answer this question. Maybe not. But there’s another question we have to answer first: how does God speak? The traditional Sunday School answer is that God speaks through the pages of the Bible, but the Bible itself is full of men and women who heard […]
Can an old curtain change the way you see God?
I once had a friend try to convince me that Christians didn’t need to read the Old Testament. Really, I thought? We should just rip out 3/4s of the Bible? But the Old Testament can be confusing. Right?! There’s a lot of people and a lot of seemingly random events. Lots of killing, lots of […]
The Importance of Forgiveness for Kids
Let’s talk about the Biblical importance of forgiveness for kids! Imagine this very common scene with me: Olivia and Jack are playing together. They squabble, as kids tend to do when doing anything together. During the fight, Jack whacks Olivia on the head and Olivia starts crying. A few minutes later, the fuss has calmed down, […]