Skipping for Easter

Several years ago, on a Saturday before Easter in another city, I was struggling under how to try to preach the Easter message to all the varied people ...

A Child's Trust

I remember watching a father play with his little boy, repeatedly throwing him in the air and catching him just before he hit the ground. The child is ...

When God Smiles

"I was alone, and those [segregationist] people were screaming, and suddenly I saw God smiling, and I smiled," one North Carolina girl of eight ...

Self-Consciousness Hurts

When a little child becomes conscious of being a little child, the child-likeness is gone; and when a saint becomes conscious of being a saint, something ...

Divine Directions

One day I decided to take my three children to an ice skating party in a nearby town, but after several wrong turns and stops to ask directions, I pulled ...

Remembering What God Feels Like

In Executive Edge newsletter, management-consultant Ken Blanchard retells the story of a little girl named Schia (which first appeared in a book titled ...

"Except Ye Become ..."

Calls to Christian development must be held in tension with a Lord who called the little children to Him, and told us that we don't have a thing on ...

Because He Loves Me

One evening, while putting my daughter, Carla, to bed, I asked her what it was like to be four years old. She said, "It's special."

"Why ...

Talking to God

I was tucking our preschooler in for the night when she asked if she could pray. Delighted, I told her it was a great idea to talk to Jesus. As she began ...

The Secrets of Childbearing

When I was expecting my first baby, a six-year-old neighborhood girl was particularly curious. She wanted to see the baby furniture and hear our list ...