With a hat-tip to The Good Book Company Blog, here is an assortment of creative suggestions to help families learn Bible verses together.
http://www.girltalkhome.com/blog/seeds-of-character-winners … Read more about Children learning Bible verses
“I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” (Luke 10:21)
I have always read this, but subconsciously read Jesus to say “and revealed them to those who are not terribly wise or understanding — in fact, some thoroughly unexpected people”. … Read more about Children see things so clearly
G'day everyone!
Many readers of this blog will already be familiar with the Aussie Christian children's entertainer / singer / song-writer Colin Buchanan. We possess 4 of his CDs in this house, and enjoy them regularly.
Well, Colin's heading over to Blighty to go on tour, so there is a rare opportunity to take the children in your family / church to go and hear him live. (And if you are an adult who wants to go, but doesn't have any children in your church or family, you must know someone to go with, surely - if not, I'd go anyway!) … Read more about Colin's on his way over here...
I've never read the whole piece before, so I was delighted to discover Dorothy L Sayers' 1947 essay The Lost Tools of Learning online. The web address for the copy I found is http://www.gbt.org/text/sayers.html, but I'm sure it's in lots of other places as well. … Read more about The Lost Tools of Learning
I’ve been enjoying reading all of James Cary’s posts on the subject of baptism. His most recent post on infant baptism is paticularly fine and worth reading. It’s refreshing to read some clarity on this.
There are now about 5 posts on this subject, all worth a read. … Read more about Infant Baptism
I hope every parent of young children has discovered the delights of Wibbly Pig and Percy the Park Keeper:... … Read more about When Wibbly Pig meets Percy the Park Keeper
Thanks to Neil Robbie for pointing me to this one.
How do you come up with a policy for a church on paedocommunion that allows for:
Well, Neil pointed me to the policy adopted by Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birming ham, Alabama. Very helpful indeed. … Read more about Church policy on paedocommunion
Jesus said: “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.”
I noticed the other day that Luke uses a different word for “children” here than either Matthew or Mark. Luke uses bre,foj==. Both Matthew and Mark use paidi,on==. (Again, you’d have to have the BW font to see that correctly – the words are brefos and paidion, for those without the fonts.) … Read more about The word for "children" in Luke 18:16
A very interesting article on the advent of independent Christian Schools appeared in the Association of Christian Teachers magazine for Spring 2007. … Read more about New Christian Schools
