The announcement is supposed to be exciting. Happy. In the Fall we got balloons to surprise the girls. I wrote a sermon illustration. The church was in the middle of a series on creation – perfect timing, since we were living out “be fruitful and multiply”… until we weren’t. The same day we got the […]

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At Serve Sunday I found my worship at the thrift store going through bags of clothes. From laugh worthy to a few take home temptations, we discovered everything. Then we literally did find everything, as we tore open another bag and on the top was a pair of soiled underpants. Next the dirty diaper in […]

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Phoebe: “I like everything in the world, except for giants.” Meg: “Well you do not have to worry about giants, they are not real.” Phoebe: “I mean the Giants that beat the Royals.” One swing. Game 7 of the World Series. 9th Inning. Down by one. Runner on third. This was the moment of children’s […]

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“That picture is pretty because mama is in it.” – Darcy Darcy is right. But Meg just rolls her eyes. What does Meg see? It is not the same thing Darcy sees. Or take last week’s blog. I mentioned Phoebe is afraid of zombies, so I must go with her downstairs. She trusts my zombie […]

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“Children experience these broad social trends mainly as the absence of committed, trustworthy adults in their lives.” The effects of inequality on America’s Kids, Michael Gerson Phoebe has learned about zombies. I can not convince her the monsters are not real. So I need to go with her places, like the bathroom or downstairs. She may not trust […]

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