Faith Food and Yarn
Fake News I can remember the first time “fake news” became a thing. Getting our news from the internet was still pretty new while I was in college. My freshman year of college I was browsing the internet, and a news reel popped up with a very brief story about how Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, […] Read more…
“…But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 There are so many ways in which we can learn about love through the movie Trolls, but I am going to try to stay focused on one particularly fantastical lesson of love that couldn’t have escaped anyone who watched; loving the unlovable. If you’ve seen […] Read more…
When we first began the movie Trolls, and I came to understand the plot for the first time, I was slightly put off. It is cringe-worthy. It is a truly evil and morbid concept, that the characters we love are hunted for eating. The Bergens are possibly some of the most evil and most misunderstood villains I […] Read more…
Last week, we talked about faith, and the message our children can learn from Poppy’s almost indestructible faith. This week, I’d like to talk about what happens when that indestructible faith gets broken down, or at least, what happened in Poppy’s case. In our introduction to Poppy, her personality quickly shines. She has a real gift […] Read more…
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’” ~Eleanor Roosevelt I happened upon this quote while this week’s Monday Message was rattling […] Read more…
Have you ever struggled, wondering what you should be praying of your children? Me too! There are the obvious things, of course, such as their general health and well being, but I often struggle with the specifics of their futures. I don’t want to pray for things for them that God does not want for […] Read more…