Tag: Bible

Bible, Mental Health, Pop Culture

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L.S. Childe

I had a classic parenting moment this weekend.  My ten-year-old came to me with a problem - mean girls - and I spent about half an hour with her explaining the phenomenon.  We covered everything from the art of recognizing knuckleheads in the wild to rooting herself in the knowledge of how God sees her. … Continue reading feedback

Bible, Holidays

fallow ground is HARD

L.S. Childe

It's the first Monday of the New Year - how are those resolutions coming?  When it comes to New Year's resolutions, the people I know tend to fall into one of three categories: 1. The super-disciplined, who can and do make self-improvements on a regular basis regardless of the season.  These guys see goals as… Continue reading fallow ground is HARD

Bible, Holidays

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L.S. Childe

I am a Christian.  I have been an active believer in local churches for all thirty-seven years of my life.  I probably fall toward the conservative side of the pew when it comes to tradition and doctrine, and I actively enjoy apologetics, eschatology, and inductive Bible studies.  And it is with a full heart that… Continue reading happy

Holidays, Mental Health, Pop Culture

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L.S. Childe

“I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel…” -Charlie Brown I hate to admit this, but in the past, I have written off this bewildered confession as evidence of weak character on good old Charlie Brown’s part.  How… Continue reading blue

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blue like don

L.S. Childe

About once a month, I treat myself to a little something I like to call No-Hat Day.  No-Hat Day is when I temporarily cast off all the roles I try to fill in my life and do something that is purely me in the moment.  For a few hours, I'm neither doting mother nor dutiful… Continue reading blue like don

Holidays, Pop Culture

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L.S. Childe

I love Sunday School. In yesterday's meeting, my leader introduced me to this amazing sculpture.  Its name is "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares" and it was created by Russian artist Evgeniy Vuchetich, then donated to the United Nations by the U.S.S.R. in 1959.  The title of the work comes from Isaiah 2:4, which reads: [The God… Continue reading waiting