Month: March 2025

  • Miracles on the Mission Field

    Hello, tender friends! I’ve always loved this story about God multiplying candy as he did the bread and fish in the Bible. The youth pastor and his family at the church where Anthony I met were missionaries in Costa Rica for years. As missionaries, they organized frequent outreaches that included serving meals and passing out…

  • The Best Way to Teach Reading

    Hello, tender friends! That precious little preschooler is reading books like Green Eggs and Ham, but not for the reasons you might think. How did this little darling learn to read? Yes, I did phonics with him when he demonstrated signs of reading readiness. (I taught for 12 years before having Jacob and ran a…

  • How I treated Jacob’s Ear Infection at Home

    Hello, tender friends! Even though it’s March, ’tis the season for sickness in preschool. Multiple moms from Jacob’s preschool class have reported unpleasantness caused by norovirus and Flu A. Vomiting 4 times in 15 minutes? Oh, no thank you! And at Sunday School, an ear infection that doctors are calling “really bad” has been going…

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    The Case for Persisting in Prayer

    Hello, tender friends! These are two of my favorite promises of the Bible: But it doesn’t always feel like that, does it? As a kid I prayed, fervently, that my uncle would get sober and spare the family the pain of watching him slowly die. It didn’t work. So little flesh remained on his body…