Young children are transparent with their emotions. We can accurately guess what the screaming toddler in the grocery store might be feeling, or what the crying child is feeling when she’s left out of the game. Once we grow older, we learn to put the right vocabulary behind our emotions, and we even become adept […]
Just as God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, we have a model for resting and delighting in his creation. God commanded us to keep the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8-11), a day set aside for rest. But rest is not just the cessation of all work, it’s an invitation to spend […]
When I brought my newborn home from the hospital, I was overcome with the realization that this baby depended on me for everything. During those first months as a new mom, I learned what sacrificial love looked like in action. Babies and young children have many needs and must fully depend on the loving adults […]
God calls us to become more like him, and he sent his son Jesus to show us the way. In Matthew 18, Jesus tells his disciples “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest […]