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Playing Around with PrayGround
It was much fun and an honor to write Playing Around with PrayGround. I wrote for both parents and children’s ministers. In Matthew, Jesus gets very upset with His…
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On the Edge But Still Tying Up Loose Ends
We once had a friend who was a world champion in speedwings. He would jump off cliffs with a kite strapped to his back! Beautiful, amazing, scary! I am…
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Living Our Legacy – Learning to Parent from One of the Single Most Sad Verses in the Bible
King Hezekiah had just gotten a word from the Prophet that he would die soon. He ‘turned his face to the wall and cried out to God for mercy….
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Identity: Parenting’s Starting Point
Actions and Identity God says in Proverbs 20:11, that even a small child is known by his actions . . . And in Proverbs 23:7, as a man thinks,…
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Boundaries Bring Freedom
Banks of a River When God gives you three children that not only have three distinct personalities but actually three distinctly different cultures within themselves, the cookie cutter parenting…
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Dreaming: the good and bad
Dreaming is Natural In a child’s mind, he/she can become a super hero with just the donning of a cape and a mask. Dreaming is natural to a child….
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Play: An Image of the Kingdom
Kids Long to Play Kids all over the world, in every situation of life, have a longing to PLAY! In an earlier blog that is posted in the navigation of…
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Release the Warrior Within
This is an excerpt from my new book, Playing Around in PrayGround, that is presently in edit, soon to be published. According to John Eldredge in his book, Wild at Heart,…
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Tag You’re It – No Touch Backs
Tag You’re It Kids playing tag in the yard just makes me smile. Often you hear a voice rise above the laughter, “Tag your it! No touch backs.” That…
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Mission Trip – Little Seeds Grow Bigger Than Life
Where it Started Randy and I just arrived in the Czech Republic (Czechia). This is the place where missions was planted in the heart of our whole family. This…
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Stand: Get Out Of The Way
When our 3 kids were younger we took a trip to Waco to attend World Mandate, an intensely radical missions conference. Josiah was 15, Bethany – 12 and…