“Would You Praise Him on a Cactus?” is the title of one of my favorite children’s poems. You may ask, “What does a cactus have to do with my spiritual wardrobe?” Yeh, I know, my mind takes some strange turns. You may want to check out the last post, and then stay with me here. We’ll see what happens. Continue reading
Spiritual Growth
Your Spiritual Wardrobe for those Cactus-Sitting Moments
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, devotions, Parenting, spiritual growth, spiritual warfare
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Confidence
Who can’t remember times when you were afraid, insecure, questioning, feeling inadequate, wishing you could just disappear off the planet for a while? Everyone experiences these times. It’s a part of being finite: you don’t have all the cards in your hand. Add to this our fallen nature, and it is only reasonable that we would be insecure.
I could describe a bundle of my life stories to illustrate. On my first day of Continue reading
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, confidence, courage, Parenting, spiritual growth, trust
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Rest Stop
This stream is about to take us to a view of Mount Confidence and Boldness Butte, and it may take some courage to get there. We have to pass through the rapids and then hike away before we do some mountain climbing. Time for a rest stop. Spread your blanket on the ground, lie down, and stare up at the evening sky. The stars are about to peak through. Continue reading
Categories: Spiritual Growth
Tags: boldness, Character, confidence, courage, meditate, rest, spiritual growth
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Where Will this Stream Take Us?
Sarah is no longer in the cookie business (note last post), but from those skills and others she learned at home and in school, Sarah was able to launch her own web design company while she was still in college. It helped to support her for a number of years, and then Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, initiative, small business, thoroughness
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Sarah’s Cookie Initiative
Sarah grew up in a home where her parents did not provide allowances for their children. If she wanted her own money, she had to earn it. She could not earn money by completing basic or required chores. Her parents saw participation in the home as a part of belonging to the family. She was taught Continue reading
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, initiative, Parenting, serving, small business, thoroughness
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The “Heart Work” of Character
If character is the expression of who we really are, then character is “heart work.”
Character formation is an inside job with an outside exposure.
One of our teachers expressed to me that many of our children choose to disobey school and class rules because “their own will is more important than the consequence.” This demonstrates Continue reading
What Do You Need in Order to Obey?
What do you need in order to obey? In my last post, I suggested that sometimes courage is needed. Obeying always involves thinking, choosing, and following through. As a child, I loved my parents and teachers and did not question authority. Pleasing them was important to me. As a compliant child, maybe I didn’t need as much courage in order to obey as a stronger willed child might need. I have noted Continue reading
Categories: Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, family, obedience, Parenting, spiritual growth, temperaments
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Singing Along — On the Obedience Train
What character qualities are riding along on the obedience train, singing in harmony? I’m rather embarrassed to tell you how many, in my opinion, of our 57 character qualities fit on this train. I went down the list and checked off 19! I must lack discernment or judgment! But then, maybe there is something to this! In our last post, I said that love is the entire enchilada – all 57 qualities rolled into one, describing the perfections of Christ. Obedience as a subset of love also has its entourage. Remember Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Faith, family conversations, love, obedience, spiritual growth
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Encore: Invitation to Meander
I want to invite you to add Journey North Character to your bookmarks. Also, you can sign up at the bottom of this page to be notified of new posts. You can invite your friends and relatives to visit our blog by forwarding a post or just directing them to find us on the Troychristianschools.org website. I’d love to have some grandparents of TCS kids join us! As you read a post, you may think of someone this may encourage, so forward it to him or her! The blog may be a way to share the Lord and even our school with others.
We’ve only been around a few months, but we’ve covered some territory: deep thoughts of a two and a four year old, spiritual sensitivity to the Lord, relationships, the pale blue dot, agape love which is wise and strong, two kinds of blessings, a martyred Valentinus, and well, you discover! I’m not going to meander down a thematic avenue today. Instead, I want to invite you to Continue reading
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