As usual, when I dropped off my ten-month-old at the church nursery, he cried. After a while, he settled down and busied himself with toys. Then when I returned later,  he completely fell apart. This scenario played itself out multiple times when my children were young. Small children manifest their need for attachment with reactions like crying, anxiety, eventual adjustment, and then coming unglued when their parents return. Ever find yourself responding to God this way? I have. When Scott and I were young parents, we were stretched financially to the point where I couldn’t Continue Reading

You’ve seen it all over social media. Another tragic school shooting. More lives lost. More outcries about gun control. Among all the typical political yelling matches, one voice in the fray caught my attention. Middle school teacher Kelly Guthrie Raley made some profoundly sensible remarks in a now-viral Facebook post following the mass shooting in Florida. Raley bravely tackled issues such as: Lack of discipline in the home Lack of parental support of teachers Defensiveness and blame-shifting on the part of parents (making students' poor behavior the teachers’ Continue Reading