Raising Jesus and Original Sin
I have this theory about how it was that Jesus came to be born without sin and it is just that – a theory. But I thought I’d share it...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Dec 27, 2012
- 5 min
Jesus Saved Our Christmas Dinner
We have a seating problem in our home. Well, two of them actually. The first is that our chairs don’t match and the folding chairs have...
- Dec 20, 2012
- 6 min
For the Woman at the Post Office Who is Reporting Me for Child Abuse
I gave her my name, so I’m kind of hoping she googles me. Cuz that’s how cool I am – if you google my name, it brings ya here. As long as...
- Sep 12, 2012
- 4 min
The Secret of Life*
This is rough, and obviously abbreviated, but I think it’s just about right. The secret of life – the great secret of life – is that what...
- Sep 5, 2012
- 5 min
God : Me :: Me : The drama troupe I gave birth to
I can’t begin to imagine where they got it from – probably their father’s side – but I have some rather dramatic children. We still laugh...
- Jun 22, 2012
- 6 min
Top 4 Things I Learned in Juvi – Part 3 The Myth of the Spoiled Child
Now, just let me say that I’m not some anti-spanking purist. I wish I could say that I’ve never so much as swatted my children on the...
- Jun 21, 2012
- 2 min
Do You Think I Should Send This?
Dear Bertha*, I am writing to let you know that my daughter mentioned to me today that on several occasions now your daughter Suzi-Q has...
- Jun 20, 2012
- 3 min
Top 4 Things I Learned in Juvi – Part 2 The Uncle Problem
If you missed the explanation for what I was doing in juvi (serving kids, not time. I’m interesting, but not that interesting!), you...
- Jun 17, 2012
- 4 min
Honor Your Father and Your Mother
Recently I asked a dad I know how the teen thing was going for him and his 16 year old step-daughter who lives with him. “She seems to be...
- Jun 6, 2012
- 9 min
Smart Kids Being Dumb
If I had it to do all over again, I would never have put them in school. I would have gone straight to online schools once I could no...
- May 3, 2012
- 5 min
Why My Kindergartener Will Not Be Getting Fingerprinted
My Sophia is upset. You see, today at school the local police will be taking the fingerprints of all kindergarteners whose parents signed...
- Feb 25, 2012
- 2 min
Children: What’s the return on investment?
Wasn't Noah Cute? I clipped this essay out of the local paper 10 years ago and don’t know who the original author is, but wanted to...
- Feb 4, 2012
- 5 min
God is father to the fatherless. We just call ’em bastards.
And I thought about it and kind of nodded my head. Obviously, we’re talking about mom-kid who is fatherless and has probably been...
- Feb 2, 2012
- 3 min
Raise a child up and whaaaaa?
Train a child up in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6 Awww, isn't he just...
- Jan 22, 2012
- 4 min
Rolling your eyes is a good parenting technique
Collin is learning to be a really funny, crabby 45 year old man. Unfortunately he’s stuck being 12 at the moment. Want to do something...
- Dec 7, 2011
- 1 min
What sort of garden do you grow?
That is what is at stake as we parent: will we send a healthy, thriving plant out into the world? Or will we be sending out an artichoke...
- Nov 15, 2011
- 3 min
Let’s talk about sex, baby!
In the early ‘90s Salt-n-Peppa famously sang “Let’s talk about sex, baby” and boy, oh boy do we take their exhortations to heart. Sex is...
- Oct 31, 2011
- 4 min
What I think God would say about abortion
On the topic of abortion,this is the sort of message I think that God would have us spread: in a truly good, loving world that was...
- Oct 7, 2011
- 5 min
Mom’s Going Crazy Recipe
I didn’t punish a lot. I yelled, but always let the kids know that freaking out was a fault of mine and let them see me struggle with...
- Oct 6, 2011
- 1 min
Question for Parents: “Are you angry?”
Is there a place in parenting for holding anger over our kid’s head? If your kid doesn’t have to deal with anger when he screws up...
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