Surely by now most people have heard about the Baptist Missionaries that were arrested in Haiti as “child traffickers”.  I imagine the true story about what was going on is yet to be told. But you cannot help hearing the emphasis the news makes on certain words in each news article:  

Baptist

Missionary

Christian

It …

“We have much the same problem in the Church…Mom goes off to her Women in the church…circle.  Dad heads off to his Promise Keepers meeting.  Princess is at her youth group meeting, while Junior is watching videos of vegetables in children’s church….the truth is we are failing miserably, even when we think we …

Warning.  Ranting and Raving ahead.  Sorry, I’m livid.

Yesterday in Alabama a middle school student was shot in the head and killed by a fellow student in a school hallway.  Oh, how horrible, and that poor family who sent their child to school and now he will never come home to them again.  My children aren’t in …

This is the thought that should be uppermost on your mind

in all you do for your children.

In every step you take about them,

 in every plan and scheme and arrangement that concerns them,

do not leave out that mighty question,

“How will this affect their souls?” …

Yesterday we had a field trip to a Birmingham news station ABC 33/40.  It was my kindergartener’s first “official” fieldtrip.  He was looking forward to it and enjoyed it, especially standing in front of the green weather wall giving the weather and seeing himself on TV.  When asked by the support group leader afterwards about …

I don’t know why this issue has been brought to my mind several times lately.  I know it started with a post over at Def.Con. about CCM lyrics.  If you’ve read here for any length of time you would know that the music our youth listen to and are introduced to in the …

I’m a mean moma.  Since my oldest was around three or four years old I have always had my children write “Thank You” notes for gifts and for other acts of kindness.  Now anyone that knows me would agree that I’m not “Mrs. Manners”, although I do know which fork to use.  :)   However, I have always …