I couldn’t answer as they wished. It’s not that my kids never do anything wrong, it’s just that, in our household, discipline is proactive, not reactive. We don’t punish them for doing wrong. We prepare them to do right.
Category: on Ministry
I forgot: This place is amazing.
How quickly amazing can become ordinary, and the little things that once inspired us and brought awe to our faces can be missed.
Rules without relationships lead to rebellion.
Rules are just rules—and likely to be broken—unless they are expressed in the context of personal loving and caring relationships.
On dry ground, part 2. This is how you will know that the living God is among you.
The Israelites were probably a little apprehensive about the plan, which was apparently to cross a flooded river into an occupied land and drive out all the nations that had called it their home for generations.
There’s no free time at summer camp: leveraging the context of the cabin group.
What?! No free time? Nope. After lunch kids don’t scatter to their favorite activities. They don’t chill on the beach with a new friend. And they don’t wander aimlessly wishing someone would invite them to do something fun.