Listen HERE Summer is the season of sidewalk chalk. Both at home and at church, I have crates of sidewalk chalk to keep little fingers busy and to share the Good News through color. Yellow. God is holy, and He made everything. Black. We sinned and disobeyed God, separating ourselves from him forever. Red. HeContinue reading “Beautiful Little Fingers”
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Spiritual Sacrifices
Listen HERE The little boy motioned to me to bend down closer so that he could speak into my ear. Before then, the only whole sentences I’d heard him utter were, “Have to go bathroom,” and “Is it time to eat yet?” He had a long tale to tell that brought waves of grief asContinue reading “Spiritual Sacrifices”
Some Like it Hot
Listen HERE There’s a little one staying with us now who describes everything unpleasant as “hot!” Prickly pine needles, cold ice cubes, cat scratches, and the oven are all “hot.” At least when I say, “Hot!” about the electric fence, she gets the picture and stays away. I was thinking of her description of dangerContinue reading “Some Like it Hot”
Accidental Lent, On Purpose Resurrection
Listen HERE Some years, I am very intentional about how I will grow closer to Jesus during the Lenten season. I make elaborate plans about what I will fast from and which devotionals I will read. Perhaps the memories of celebrating Lent during my Catholic school days impress me with the importance of being satisfiedContinue reading “Accidental Lent, On Purpose Resurrection”
Though Worms
I made two full serving pans of worms and dirt for our church Christmas celebration. If you’ve never had worms and dirt, it is chocolate pudding with oreos crumbled throughout, topped with gummy worms. The pans weighed about twenty pounds each. It was a lot of pudding, but it all got eaten. We had overContinue reading “Though Worms”
Out Good-ing God
‘Tis the season of good cheer, good food, good feelings, and good deeds. The season just doesn’t seem complete without checking those good deeds off our lists. There’s a house I drive past where there is no hot water heater and only thirty minutes of electricity at a time. The children there will not haveContinue reading “Out Good-ing God”
Replacing Foolish Talk
If I’ve talked to you recently, we probably talked about the weather, the holidays, our children, or maybe tips and tricks for household tasks. I might have told you about the latest happenings around my house, and maybe you told me about the funny thing your grandchild did last week. None of our conversation wasContinue reading “Replacing Foolish Talk”
Wholly True
Every Joint
We have a classroom skeleton named Henry. He has been a part of our classroom for eleven years, and it shows. When my oldest child was nine, Henry lost a leg in an unfortunate incident with a toddler tantrum. I never could find it. When we moved, Henry lost his eye sockets, and my practicalContinue reading “Every Joint”
Lord of the Little Things
A friend gifted me a whole Bible’s worth of flannel figures so that I could use them to tell Bible stories. I am an old-fashioned Sunday School lady, and I love my flannel board. It is a Gospel tool that no screen will ever replace. As I was going through the billions of flannel figures,Continue reading “Lord of the Little Things”
Sarah Dixon Young 