Surprised by Disney
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Surprised by Disney

Pixar’s latest, Inside Out, is a thoroughly unique and creative story told with surprising depth of insight.

Under the ugly
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Under the ugly

What if the Church was packed with Christians who believed, in their very deepest selves, that God looked at them with tender love and intense joy, the way we look at our beloved children?

Do I love my children equally?

Do I love my children equally?

I love my husband, but I have doubts about how good a mother I am for our oldest three children. Sometimes they seem like strangers to me.

Q. Why do kids get cancer?
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Q. Why do kids get cancer?

Why do children get cancer? What a question! Why does anyone become afflicted with cancer? When we or a child we love is diagnosed with this terrible disease, we naturally look for answers.

Tales from the brink

Tales from the brink

I’m starting to think it’s possible that I have a strong-willed child. The term has been rattling around in my head for a while now, planted by several “challenging” weeks we’ve had since September. Things will be moving happily along, me and my little blonde buddy, and then, bam! Some kind of switch flips and we have a truly awful, push-me-to-the-brink, marriage-threatening, sanity-threatening, hang-my-head-at-bedtime kind of day.

Three year revolution
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Three year revolution

When I started writing this column on parenting and family, I was eight months pregnant with my first baby. Being pretty green in the parenting role, I worried that I’d find enough to write about.

Do I love my kids more than I love Jesus?
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Do I love my kids more than I love Jesus?

I want God to be a greater reality for me than death.

Raising Very Nice Pagans

Raising Very Nice Pagans

Barrett Johnson’s article “How to Raise a Pagan Kid in a Christian Home” resonated with me before I even read it. As a poster child for Christian upbringing, I understand that title in a gut-gripping way.