The Parent’s Privilege: Gifting the Faith at Home by Loving Up: “Our love must not be just words or mere talk, but something active and genuine. This will be the proof that we belong to the truth.” (1 John 3:18-19). “In Christ Jesus, the most important aspect is faith expressing itself in love… In Christ Jesus, …
6. The Parent’s Privilege: Gifting the Faith to Children by Dreaming Up. “The special gifts of childhood are a tireless curiosity; a taste for marvel and adventure; a readiness to wonder, pity and admire; an intense imagination.” (C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy). Dreaming Up: a fanciful term for when the intellect is at play; to creatively …
The Parent’s Privilege: Gifting the Faith to the Children by Looking Up. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13). Looking Up with Hope. The great love chapter in Scripture, 1 Corinthians 13, ends …
The Parent’s Privilege: Gifting the Faith to the Children by Standing Up. “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For this struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, …
3. Gifting the Faith to the Children by Training Up. “Train up your children in the direction they are best suited to go, and dedicate them to God for His purposes, and what they learn from you will be with them for life.” (Proverbs 22:6). No, No, No… this well-known passage does not give permission …
Gifting the Faith to Our Children by Speaking Up. “Our children will also serve Him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord. His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything He has done.” (Ps. 22:30-31). Homework. As soon as wife and husband become mom …
The Parent’s Privilege: Gifting the Faith to the Children. “We will not hide these truths from our children. We will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about His power and His mighty wonders. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, so the next generation might know them …
Light Shines in the Darkness – Sin Abounds, and Grace Much More Abounds. Be a Light, Spread My Grace! “Enough! You’re here to defend the defenseless, to give justice to the weak and fatherless, to maintain the rights of the oppressed and the needy. Your job is to rescue the powerless and stand up for …
The Blazing Light of the Heroic Family of Christopher Nolan. “I want to highlight the creativity within the brain of a cripple, and while not attempting to hide the crippledom I want instead to filter all sob-storied sentiment from his portrait and dwell upon his life, his laughter, his vision.” (Christopher Nolan, referring to his autobiography) …
Prayers for the Light of God. It seems that our world, God’s world, seems to be descending further into the deep shadows of darkness. But we can be confident that the blazing light of Emmanuel is with us, for He is “the light that shines in darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John …
Love at the Speed of Light. Love has come to us at the speed of light. Beaming from heaven’s glory, coming in radiant waves from light years away. Love continues to arrive at 186,000 miles per second, at 670 million miles per hour. Love can circle the earth seven times in one second. Nothing in …
Shining a Light on True Enlightenment. “Illumine our hearts, O Master who loves mankind, with the pure light of your divine knowledge.” (the prayer before every reading of the Gospel in the Orthodox liturgy). “PHOTIZO” – The Greek word in the New Testament that literally means to enlighten; to brighten up; to illuminate; to …