It happened two weeks ago, RFK training. Leadership had decided how many boys and girls to take to camp this year. How many neglected and abused kids can we give a week of happy memories. Just kids. We got their names. Faceless, personality less, names. Mostly names we’ve never heard before and would never have…
Thirty plus years ago, I was excited to accept the position of Girls Ministries director at a local church. The opportunity arose to take an overnight trip with the girls and several adults. I was confused as one after another they approached with the question, “Do we have to stop and take pictures of old…
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that people come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. I’ve been blessed to be part of some stories for a season. The life of a teacher. Teachers change communities every year as one class moves on and another takes its place. I was a…
Kay Arthur & Janna Arndt 2001 Harvest House Publishers Eugene Oregon Kay Arthur takes her knowledge of Bible study to the kids in this book that is part of her Discover 4 Yourself Inductive Bible Studies for kids ages 8-12. There are twenty volumes in this series that delve deep into the Word of God. …
Joy Berry’s Let’s Talk About series published in the mid 1980’s by Grolier are dated. The topics, however, are not dated. Forty years ago children had difficulty with lying, selfishness, cheating and all the other topics. The picture book format seems to be more appropriate for younger children, but the messages can be relayed to…
The author calls this book a “visitors guide” to the Ingalls family representing American history. She writes to young people, instilling a curiosity of life of a pioneer family. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion is indeed a chapter-by-chapter guide to 9 of the Little House books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Ms. Whipple takes each…
The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls MJ Thomas published by Worthy Kids 2017-2021 Thomas’s series contains 9 books featuring siblings Peter and Mary and their dog, Hank. Each book in the series transports the children to a place of Biblical significance. The Garden of Eden; the Ark, Egypt, Jericho, the battlefield of Goliath,…
Last summer , I drove over two thousand miles in 17 days. A trip I’ve done several times before. As I planned my return, I mapped a different route from OKC to Denver, but circumstances sent me back to boring, flat land I35 to I70 across Kansas. It was the same scenery; the same gas…
Several weeks ago I spent a Sunday evening watching the “ legacy celebration” of Dr. Charles Stanley. I was not an astute follower of Charles Stanley but I am familiar with him. I don’t know why I turned it on, I just felt drawn to it. How glad I am that I did. The service…
In 1942 (no I wasn’t born yet) Georges Duplaix was the head of one of the first author and illustrator groups in America called Artists and Writers Guild. They were partners with Simon & Schuster publishing. Children’ Books of that day were not for children. The volumes were large pieces of writing much too difficult…
