by Guest Writer | Feb 5, 2019 | Create A Safe Place, Create A Safe Place, Elementary, Preschool
It’s snowing outside. But I am sitting warm and cozy by my fireplace. And I find myself thinking back to last week’s small group time. It was a busy Sunday with lots of families finding their way back to church in the new year. We were just about ready to dive in to...
by Adriana Howard | Nov 13, 2018 | Create A Safe Place, Create A Safe Place, Create A Safe Place, Elementary, Preschool, Students
It’s that time of the year again. Can you smell it in the air? Go ahead. Breathe it in. Does smells like burning leaf piles and crisp air? Because if it doesn’t, I highly recommend that you take a walk and find somewhere where it does—unless the smoke irritates your...
by Guest Writer | Oct 23, 2018 | Be Present, Create A Safe Place, Preschool
My family and I sat down a few nights ago to watch ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’, the documentary about the life of Fred Rogers, the children’s television personality and minister. As I was watching the movie about Fred Rogers’ life, I noticed several...
by Guest Writer | Jul 19, 2018 | Create A Safe Place, Preschool
You know the feeling. It’s the one you get when you’re standing in the middle of a loud space with people hurriedly passing you by on both the left and the right. Obviously, they know where they are going, and just as obviously you don’t. Then you spy it—that beacon...
by Guest Writer | Jun 14, 2018 | Create A Safe Place, Preschool
“God made me,” our two year old daughter declared the other day. She was beginning a dialogue between the two of us, as she sat on the toilet, and I patiently waited across from her, perched on a foot stool. After all, when you have toddlers, you meet them...
by Guest Writer | Jan 11, 2018 | Create A Safe Place, Preschool
Last fall, my son began attending a new preschool in our area. Our first afternoon of picking him up, we experienced the dreaded conversation every parent fears. Apparently, he cried for much of the day, was angry at certain points, and refused to participate in many...
