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What is the most valuable gift you have to offer your kids? Is it a home where each of your children has his or her bedroom?  Is it giving a cell phone to your 9-year-old daughter who hasn’t stopped begging you for one since her friend got one?  Is it taking your family on an extravagant vacation?  Is it buying ...

Expectations.  We rise and fall to the expectations or lack thereof, that’s put upon us.  This is especially true for children. I think it’s safe to say that we get what we expect out of our children.  If we don’t expect and demand our kids to be respectful and reverent, to honor their parents as God commands, then what happens?  ...

Many parents ask: “Is my child smart?” But Dr. Kathy Koch says the better question is: “How is my child smart?” That’s because there are at least eight specific God-given ways kids are gifted – and every single child is strong in a few areas. Koch calls them “intelligences” or “smarts,” and on this week’s edition of Words of Wisdom, ...

We’ve all heard about the perils of smartphones. They’re distracting, addictive and massive time-wasters. But no one has warned us about the dangers within smartphones. Enter The Emoji Movie (PG), which posits a busy digital city within your phone called Textopolis that’s populated by living, breathing emojis – those colorful icons used by the younger generation in place of words. ...

What does the debut of a 16-year-old Major League Baseball player, Custer’s first clash with the Sioux and Ronald Reagan’s firing of the air traffic controllers all have in common? They all look place during the week of July 30, and they’re all discussed on this week’s episode of Providential History. This week, Heirloom Audio’s Bill Heid and host Michael ...

He’s a British man on a World War II mission, but his weapon of choice isn’t a pistol or rifle. It’s a yacht, and hundreds of other British citizens are taking their own boats and joining him on his journey. Their goal: cross the English Channel, avoid Nazi fighter planes, and rescue more than 330,000 Allied troops that are surrounded ...

Materials Needed: Paper (Cardstock works best but you can use any type) Stickers Crayons or Markers Scissors Glue Stick Hole Punch Yarn or ribbon Laminator and Laminator sheets Instructions: Cut the paper into whatever size bookmark you like! Decorate as you see fit! You could put your favorite Bible verse on it or share an inspirational quote.  (My niece drew ...

It’s not always easy for children to wrap their young minds around a God that they cannot seemingly experience with their senses. After all, everything that they learn about the world is done through seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, and smelling! So how can we make God as real to our children as a bright red apple sitting on the counter ...

You may have heard all your adult life that children should never watch television. “It’s bad for them.” “It will stunt their growth.” If it wasn’t your own parents giving it to you, then the psychologists and the pastors were grinding out the same admonition. However, as repetitive as it sounds … it’s pretty darn good advice. So why is ...

Are you feeling overwhelmed in life – as if there’s simply too much on your plate? Are there times during your week when you say out loud, “I don’t even know where to start?!” Are you feeling overwhelmed in life – as if there’s simply too much on your plate? Are there times during your week when you say out ...