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It’s been a tradition in Christian families for years to us plastic eggs to teach children the meaning of Easter and the story of Jesus’ resurrection. While there are many ...

I taught high school science for 10 years in a large public school. Not only did I teach science, I taught astronomy and geology, two subjects where time is measured ...

Advent is coming soon for Christians around the world, but do you really know what Advent is? Advent is the season of waiting for Christmas. It begins on the fourth ...

I really love the fall. I suppose all of the seasons lend themselves to nature-study activities and crafts, but fall seems to be especially rich to me. My kids and ...

I love loving the people who are special to me.I love all things sweet and sappy and sentimental. I love red puffy hearts and pink shiny bows and glittery Valentine ...

My kids had Bibles — real, unillustrated ones with lots of small words on lots of thin pages — long before they learned to read. They were always the ICB ...

Christmas gift-giving is really hard for me.Don’t get me wrong, I love presents. I love thinking about presents, buying presents, wrapping presents, and watching my kids open their presents. The ...

“I hate you!”My almost-8-year-old daughter’s refrain rings from the hallway as she stomps to her bedroom.I call after her, “I love you now and I’ll always love you.”That’s my refrain.Getting ...

I was at the craft store this week and noticed Wonder Woman washi tape. Washi tape, seriously. Super hero mania is literally everywhere.As parents, we want to hook our kids ...

“Did you know that Peter Pan could ask Jesus into his heart and be saved from his sins and live in heaven forever?” I asked my daughter as she played ...

Conversations about Jesus: Get InspiredConversations about Jesus are important to have when you’re children are growing up and starting to understand their faith. Even though my daughters are 6 and ...

About seventy-five times a day, my kids devolve into fights, bickering, and taunting— over Barbies, over books, over kittens, and even sometimes over who looked at whom wrong.It happens. I ...

Do your kids ever see and hear you praying? Mind don’t. I do most of my praying when they’re not around or silently in my heart {Lord, give me strength!}. ...

One of my favorite Christmas stories (after the one in the book of Luke) is the The Pine Tree Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs. It’s about a Christmas tree farmer ...

Advent begins this week for Christians around the world, but do you really know what Advent is?Advent is the season of waiting for Christmas.It begins on the fourth Sunday before ...

Homeschooling is one of the most rewarding parts of my day. It’s also one of the hardest.Finding the discipline to sit down and prepare the work, battling with a strong ...