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March 10th, 2010

Kids in the Kitchen: Wordless

It’s almost here, 4 Moms, 35 Kids starts tomorrow.

More Wordless Wednesdays to laugh at.

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March 9th, 2010

Your Child's Heart: How do you Find the Time? Part

In the previous posts in this series of “Keeping Your Child’s Heart”  I’ve pointed out that the ultimate goal of gaining our child’s heart is to make disciples of Christ.  In order to do that we must discipline and instruct them (Ephesians 6:4).  We can do neither of these without spending both quality and quantity [...]

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March 4th, 2010

4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage

Ever wondered what it’s like to manage a large family or curious how others do it?  Hoping for some help for your growing family? Flabbergasted that we aren’t checking into an asylum?  Think there are some secrets that we’re not sharing?

Well every Thursday starting next week you will have the opportunity to get a glimpse [...]

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March 2nd, 2010

The Pearls and Your Child’s Heart

First I would like to say that it was not my intent to post about this today or ever, really.  However, because of recent events and since I recently posted about discipline, I would simply like to clarify our family’s position on the Pearls.

Before I begin let me clarify my actual, personal experience.

I was given [...]

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March 1st, 2010

Preschoolers in Church and Coming Soon

This Sunday I stayed home from church with some sick children (Amber 13, Matthew 10 and Carter 8).   When Mark and the rest of the children returned home we sat down and ate lunch and discussed the service with our children.

Mark mentioned that during the sermon Colby had asked “Dad, what’s he saying?” a few [...]

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