Where they ought to be most secure
Priests are no more evil than other men. But they can fall, and we are setting them up for it.
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children
The Rules
I think of this when the moms-who-are-done-with-the-busy-stage look back and sigh, and say, “I wish I had let the housekeeping go. Just enjoy them…”
What my adolescents are reading
These days, the books my three oldest children like to read are heading toward the depth and genres I’m interested in myself.
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On the evolution of species
And next will be – a walrus! a blue whale! an entire menagerie!
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Little ones at church
We-the-people are the ones who connect to them, or not. What would it look like if every child in your church had a personal connection to every adult?
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Last week on Thursday
(This post contains gross elements involving body fluids. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.)
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Three ways foster parenting is easier than traditional parenting
Foster parenting is easier in that you get extensive training for the job you’re about to do, and ongoing training while you do it.
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Three ways foster parenting is harder than traditional parenting
Parenting was created to be an experience shared by two people who are lovingly committed to each other for life. When you are a foster parent, you are parenting as part of a large team of people you may not know well, agree with, or even like.
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To mommies everywhere
Sometimes all your ideals fly out the window because it’s two a.m. and your baby will not settle, and you’ve already been out of bed six times, trying to shush her before she wakes her brother, but now it’s too late because he’s fussing too. And his bed is wet.
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