June 7, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.
As I go into my 80th year of ministry, I’ve written the eight principles that have guided me throughout my life. Check out the first four by clicking here. 5. Be compassionate 1 John 3:18: “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth” (NIV). Sympathy, pity, concern, […]
Read MoreJuly 30, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.
Have you noticed how kids all over the world seem to look alike? Fashion trends span the globe, music is no longer regional, technology looks, feels and works the same no matter where on earth you are. Because we have all access all the time, we are starting to see that the teenage “norm” has […]
Read MoreJuly 11, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.
It’s becoming “normal” to see young children easily navigating high-tech, high-priced pieces of technology. In Africa, I saw more children with cell phones than with shoes. Children are ingesting information differently. Chalkboards are now “retro” and popular on craft sites instead of the learning tool I grew up with in the classroom. The world around us is changing rapidly. […]
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