This week, I took my children to India, Uganda, and Bolivia. We only visited each country for 30 minutes each, but we were impacted in a powerful way through the lives and conditions that we encountered. How is this possible? The Compassion Experience, run by Compassion International, offers the opportunity to witness poverty firsthand without ever… Continue reading A Journey into Compassion
Category: Family Focus
The Purpose of Anger
I have a confession to make: I never knew my own capacity for anger until I had children. Now don’t get me wrong – I know that we adults can be pretty difficult, too. But we have just learned (usually) that it isn’t socially acceptable to throw a temper tantrum when we don’t get our… Continue reading The Purpose of Anger
Christ’s Resurrection Through A Child’s Eyes
We cracked open the book, ready for our daily reading of Scripture and devotional time together. My girls got excited when they saw the picture of an angel standing beside an open tomb. “Mama, we get to read about how Jesus was raised from the dead today!!” You would think they won the “devotional lottery,”… Continue reading Christ’s Resurrection Through A Child’s Eyes