Tag Archives: children

At the ripe old age of four and a half, my awesome, precocious daughter loved church.  In Sunday school, they had been discussing the “black” page of the Wordless Book which represents a  heart darkened by sin. (Romans 1:21)  As adults, we often miss the depths of a little’s ones ...

Several years back my wife and I were regular volunteers for a local orphanage.   It was run by Catholic nuns, and we were there 2-3 times per month watching after, interacting, and playing with numerous boys and girls ages 3 to 13.  For us, it was a very moving and ...

Haiti is one of the poorest nations on earth and has over 300,000 “orphans and street children.” In addition to this the nation was ravaged by a severe 7.0 earthquake on January 12, 2010. Through all of this, however, some real heroes have emerged as a result of relief organizations. ...

She was an inspirational poet, a young mother, and a Smallpox survivor who bore the scarring of the disease. In the early 18th century, she left her home in England to be with her husband in the Ottoman Empire of Europe. While Lady Mary Wortley Montagu lived over 290 years ...

Have you ever taken your kids to a movie that was said to be “fun for the whole family” and after the first few minutes of the film you realized that someone else’s definition of fun was not the same as yours.  What they deemed as appropriate was most definitely ...