Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
An interesting article about raising kids…
On Building Houses http://familylifeinthegarden.blogspot.ca/2012/03/on-building-houses.html
Here is how the article begins..
“Raising kids is like...
There are numerous conclusions to that sentence. Popular parenting books attack it in so many ways. One author said (and I'm paraphrasing) "raising kids is like working with wet cement. You only get so much time and then it is dry and hard." Before I had kids I bought into that type of an idea. I was going to "mold" my kids and shape them. I understood Deuteronomy 6:7-9 as something I had to do to my kids.
However, as I read, study, and interact with my own kids I am realizing that the Biblical paradigm is always based in relationship.
Now this presents a choice. What are we going to base our relationship with our kids on? Law or Grace?”Click on the link to finish reading the article (http://familylifeinthegarden.blogspot.ca/2012/03/on-building-houses.html)
Friday, March 16, 2012
Food for thought…. a documentary to perhaps watch …
Captivated: Finding Freedom in a Media Captive Culture http://www.amazon.com/Captivated-Finding-Freedom-Captive-Culture/dp/B006GS7R1K/ref=lh_ni_t
“WE ARE SURROUNED BY SCREENS. Have we entered a techno utopia or a virtual prison? Should we be celebrating unreservedly or should we be cautious and skeptical? Is it the greatest leap in productivity or the biggest setback from the things most meaningful in life? Has today's connectivity drawn us closer to one another or strangely more disjointed? Is our social experience richer and deeper or more shallow and artificial? Is it all of these things or none of them?”
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