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Toolkits for Parents
Stories
The Power of Verbally Expressing Gratitude
One morning, as I was moving clean plates and utensils back to their respective places in the cabinet, I found myself saying, “Thank you!” to each item. This made me think, “Oh, if I am showing my...
Trail Prepared by God
By Mark Sano In November, my family went hiking with 3 other families in western WA area. The hike took place during a rainy season when it rained so much that there were flood warnings for many...
Serving Together With God
By Mark Johnson Families or individuals who serve as a way of life usually do so due to the example that their parents, family members or mentors demonstrated early on. Education through example is...
Putting Love into Action in the Community
By Mike Yakawich My wife, Yukiko, and I have raised five children in Billings, MT. We had a wonderful journey living on the South Side where Yukiko and I started the ministry. It was a time of...
12 Days of Christmas
(Photo Credit: Shutterstock) I remember vaguely hearing that the 12 Days of Christmas was a hidden code for Christian teachings. Like most people, I didn’t know the specifics and I decided to take a...
True Love Is Living in Service to Others
By Alan Inman ALIVE is the name of the organization in Alexandria, VA that for 25 years has served food and other care to those that have found themselves in a challenging situation economically....
Building a Family that Serves Together
Reflections by Nathan and Maruko Breland We can’t help but feel that God designed the family to serve the world together. When a family serves together with God as their center, with each family...
“I AM GOD’S MIRACLE!!”
By M.M. God makes miracles happen.I am 11 and I know I am God’s miracle.And I want to tell everyone, we are all GOD’s miracles! Every single one of us! Everyone has their own miracle story.For me, I...
Studying God’s Loving Design: Caterpillars
If you do a Google search for “caterpillar to moth”, there are nearly 150,000 videos. And there are almost half a million videos of caterpillars turning into butterflies! This morning, I watched one...
Videos
Lorenzo’s Oil – Movie Review
This movie is based on the true story of parents who fight for the life of their son with a very rare and, until then, incurable disease. Their desperate love for their child and each other drives...
Mickey’s Christmas Carol – Movie Review
Our family recently saw a family friendly version of "A Christmas Carol" for movie night after realizing it was still on our to-watch list. With our younger kids, I decided on an older 1983 30-min...
Klaus – Movie Review
Are you looking for the most enchanting, heartwarming, and beautifully animated family movie this Christmas? My dad suggested the movie "Klaus" to me, his fully grown adult daughter, two years ago...
Readings
Experiencing Spirituality – Book Review
"Experiencing Spirituality - Finding Meaning Through Storytelling" by Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham is probably my all-time favorite book. It's a quest into the essence of our human condition...