Category Archives: Training Up a Child

Liturgy with kids, and writing for a friend

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Yesterday was our first experience with an Epicopal church service, and we’re still processing our impressions. We have long been familiar with this tradition from the writings of Madeleine L’Engle and Lauren F. Winner and from my personal use over … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Faith, Guest Posts, Parenting, Training Up a Child | 18 Comments

A preschooler discovers the problem of pain

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

“Why did God make pain?” I was lying on the floor in the playroom while Yosi, almost four, steadfastly refused to eat her lunch. She was holding her knee, which she claimed was hurting. Spontaneously, unprovoked, she voiced the question human beings have … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversations with Yosi, Faith, Parenting, Theology, Training Up a Child | 2 Comments

Church Quest: Preschool Edition

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

As you already know if you’ve been reading my blog this last month, we recently left our church home of ten years. It was the only church my daughter had ever stepped foot in, so her response to visiting new … Continue reading →

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Church Quest 8: Non-negotiables

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Lyndie and I recently announced we are leaving our church home of ten years. We are leaving on good terms and with our relationships there intact. I am currently writing a blog series about our process of leaving and looking … Continue reading →

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Church Quest 7: The Dream List

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

Lyndie and I recently announced we are leaving our church home of ten years. We are leaving on good terms and with our relationships there intact. I am currently writing a blog series about our process of leaving and looking … Continue reading →

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Church Quest 6: What we like about our current church

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Lyndie and I recently announced we are leaving our church home of ten years. We are leaving on good terms and with our relationships there intact. I am currently writing a blog series about our process of leaving and looking … Continue reading →

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Church Quest 5: Why we ultimately decided to leave

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Lyndie and I recently announced we are leaving our church home of ten years. We are leaving on good terms and with our relationships there intact. I am currently writing a blog series about our process of leaving and looking … Continue reading →

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Church Quest 4: Why we originally planned to stay

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

Lyndie and I recently announced we are leaving our church home of ten years. We are leaving on good terms and with our relationships there intact. I am currently writing a blog series about our process of leaving and looking … Continue reading →

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Fathers

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

A few nights ago I was getting Yosi ready for bed when she told me, You know, Daddy, you’re a child too. We’re all children of Jesus. We’re both children. There’s a chance she was saying this to avoid having to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversations with Yosi, Extended Family, Faith, Parenting, Theology, Training Up a Child | 9 Comments

The Myth of Parental Protection, or Why my daughter will read Dracula

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

I came across an article on Geekmom today that got all my book-loving, free speech hackles up. In the article, Geekmom Suzanne Lezear responds to a recent article by Meghan Cox Gurdon in the Wall Street Journal about a mom who … Continue reading →

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