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July 15, 2014 By CBMW Guest
(Editor’s note: The following article is part two in a series adapted from pastor John Kimbell’s sermon delivered at Clifton Baptist Church on June 29, 2014. In the first half of his sermon, Kimbell preached directly to the children. We retained the second person where applicable, making this particularly well-suited to read aloud at the...
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July 9, 2014 By CBMW Guest
(Editor’s note: The following article is part of a four part series adapted from pastor John Kimbell’s sermon delivered June 29, 2014. In the first half of the sermon, what will be parts 1 and 2 of this series, Kimbell preached directly to the children, which is clear from what follows. We retained the second...
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June 20, 2014 By Candice Watters
by Candice Watters This morning I heard a distressing report about “Obvious Child,” a new movie being billed as an “abortion comedy.” Last night I read a far better bit of wisdom about how to handle untimely conceptions. This from Maria Augusta Trapp, matron of the family singers immortalized in film in “The Sound of...
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May 28, 2014 By Candice Watters
by Candice Watters I have a picture in my mind of my Nana’s hands. As she aged, her skin got thinner, her veins popped up more from the surface, and they seemed bluer. She always kept them soft with lotion–like well-oiled leather–and I loved to stroke them and pull her skin up like raw skin...
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April 30, 2014 By Candice Watters
by Steve and Candice Watters Our family hasn’t seen Frozen. When we had an open afternoon and considered seeing it, we read some reviews and decided against going. And for the most part, we forgot about it. But then the soundtrack came out, and then the DVD. And now, well it seems Frozen is everywhere....
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April 10, 2014 By Steve Watters
by Steve Watters Considering part 1 of this article, how should we then eat? “[M]any parents insist on maintaining regular family dinners and feel guilty when they fail, given the list of child-development benefits researchers say are associated with the ritual,” writes Diana Kapp, but then she asks “How long should dinner be? Is 20...
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