There’s no shortage of books about love. I take that back. You can’t have enough books about love, so there may actually be a shortage. That said, we’re pulling together…
If you’ve read my book, you know that we came up with the idea for Love First because of my own Sunday school experience as a child. I was a…
As long as I can remember, a framed cross-stitching hung in my mom’s kitchen that read, “Bloom where you are planted.” Staring at it over a bowl of cereal was…
Christmas is my favorite time of year for so, so many reasons. Christmas with small children is just magical and fun – because Santa, let’s face it, is 100% pure…
Since becoming a parent, I’ve had some dreadful Easter mornings. Despite the warm and fuzzy memories of Easter mornings when I was a child, I wasn’t able to get that…
Danny, our 5-year-old, is a little guy — with some very big feelings. On a daily basis, he tries to articulate how much he loves me, often using comparisons like,…
A basic principle of Love First: Children can relieve the suffering of others. Use this Advent season to continue – or start – to develop a culture of empathy and compassion in your…
In the wake of the most recent mass shooting, this time at a nightclub in Thousand Oaks, California, I find myself broken hearted. Again. With no time to heal since…
We’ve been talking a lot about courage in our Sunday school program. Like what it is, what it looks like, and why it’s important. When I asked the children to…
