Sokvannara (Sy) Sar, as described in the last post, gives us a picture through his life of what humility, self-control, perseverance, kindness, and respect look like. Wow! Nothing much is more powerful than Continue reading
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Like the Box Top Picture on a 5000 Piece Puzzle
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, heritage, Life example, Puzzle box
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Winston Churchill, Sokvannara Sar, and Me?
How would you respond if someone spoke the following words to you? ” Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” Continue reading
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, Dancing Across Borders, perseverance, Sokvannara Sar, Winston Churchill
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Weighing Honor
How is respect or honor a form of love? I left you with this question in our last post. We could go in many directions here, so I’ve chosen a few strands that at first may not seem related, but I think you’ll agree with me that they are multicolored threads woven into the same blanket. Let me take you to a nursery rhyme. Yes, many children’s rhymes are for adults. Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, honor, love, spiritual growth, Three Blind Mice
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Honoring Ways
Whatever does it mean to honor your mother and father? Or to honor God? Or to honor others? This character quality is on Troy Christian School’s 5th grade character focus list, but of course, it’s for everyone. Our students learn that honor is “showing deep Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, honor, love, spiritual growth
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Within My Wardrobe
Within the wardrobe of my heart, I can be close to God. Over time He changes me, transforming me to be more like Jesus. In my last post, I wrote of Lucy and the Wardrobe she entered that changed her life. We read Rev. 3:20 in which Jesus invites Himself into our inner world to live with us. I also introduced you to Ruth Myers little prayer book.* Here is her “most basic act of worship” prayer: Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: C.S. Lewis, prayer, Ruth Myers, spiritual growth, worship
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The Other Side of the Door
You remember that Lucy thought it would be worthwhile (though her siblings did not) to try the door of the big wardrobe which was in an otherwise empty room in the professor’s sprawling country residence in England. I’m referring to C.S. Lewis’ book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The four children were exploring the house on a rainy day. However, it was Lucy’s sense that the wardrobe was worthy of exploration that changed her life as well as her sibling’s lives. Young Lucy was given wonder-filled uncommon sense. Continue reading
Categories: Spiritual Growth
Tags: C.S. Lewis, Character, prayer, Ruth Myers, soul, spiritual growth, wisdom
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Via Dolorosa: The Way of Christ’s Suffering
It’s Good Friday. Good for us. Amazing suffering for Christ. This is a time to be quiet and reflect, to be utterly thankful, to return our love to the One so completely loving. Read these words to this hauntingly beautiful ballad about our Savior.
Down the Vía Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street
But the crowd pressed in to see Continue reading
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Tags: Christ's death, Christian growth, Jesus' suffering, salvation through Jesus, Via Dolorosa
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Learning Curves: My Experience, Socrates, and ESM Week
I’m posting this very late on Tuesday night. I began another article to go here, but chose to hold it off. I’m in the “sigh mode,” preferring to reflect on a number of issues and ideas – personal, political, and social – not ready to share them. However, I do have Continue reading
Categories: Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, ESM, experience, learning, Parenting, perseverance, Socrates
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The Sensibility of Belonging
Last week I encouraged you to check out rbc.org as an online source for auditory daily devotionals and other Bible study programs and resources. Why? Because you are very busy people! Technology has tightly wound life, so sometimes it’s wise to fight fire with fire. That is, use technology to help you slow things down, to help you look beyond the temporal to the eternal. Continue reading
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: mentors, Parenting, relationships, spiritual growth, technology
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Tapping into Wisdom
About 23 years ago, I heard of a study that was done of 50 people between the ages of 90-95. It had such an impact on me, that I’ve never forgotten it. The researchers asked them this: If you had life to live over again, what would you do differently? There were three main responses:
1. I would reflect more. Continue reading
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, mentors, Parenting, relationships, spiritual growth, wisdom
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Journey North Character 