Does God protect the foolish?
Yesterday, one of the boys fell 3m out of a tree…and that is just the start…
Getting the best for your soul AND spirit, along side the best for your body.
The Self Control of Jesus
If you have children, you probably have discovered that self control is a topic that is vital – continually. It can be helpful for the children too… Topic: Self Control Scriptures: Proverbs 5:22-23, 1 Peter 1:13-14, Matt 26:36-46 (or Mark 14:32-42 or Luke 22:39-46) Notes: The Bible verses are included below, but it is more beneficial to read any verses from a Bible – or better yet, have the children read from their own. We recommend the New Living Translation (NLT) which is easy to read but very accurate. If you don’t have one please let us know as we …
Passover Expedition 2014
This year, we decided to go a bit further than just a meal…a midnight trek and camping out without tents! Crazy? Maybe – but fun? You bet! I mean, what would it be like to leave slavery in Egypt?
Passover 2014 – the Meal
It’s Easter – a time where we often spend more time acting Jewish than Christian (sort of!). Today we had our 2nd ‘Cedar Meal’ or passover feast… Topic: Celebrating what God did and has done! Scripture(s): Exodus 1 – 14:4 Notes: The story of the Passover (and indeed all of Israel’s history) is incredible and riveting to adults and children. There is so much to learn about what they did (and how we do the same), the consequences they suffer (which we do too) and God’s character of love and forgiveness despite our constant bad choices. As there is a …
Nehemiah’s Wall
What started as a whimsical idea led to one of our longest, most fun and eye opening Jesus times yet! It involved building a wall – with one hand!
April Fools – jokes on …?
Today I got to thinking about the activities and character traits we model to our kids… We take moral training seriously for our children -in fact good morals were one of the reasons we chose to homeschool. So when we look at the motives and results of April Fools day – it raises a few issues…
When will it end?
The Big M (4) – ‘dad will we have finished building the house by the time I’m the Jman’s age(9)? Doubling your age to the completion of a project is huge…5 years is a looong time to a 4 year old! I know how he feels – at the end of a long hard week with virtually no progress in building, health and financial issues and an ever approaching deadline it can seem impossible. At times it is hard to cling to hope through the sickness, pain and trials. But I’m finding more and more, despite the current circumstances …
Temple of Deception
This story about the Temple of Luxor illustrates perfectly the fact that a lot of us rely of ‘truth’ that is in fact false…
True Foundations
An activity to illustrate the need to be sure of our true foundations – not just what we think is true! This activity shows clearly that we can be wrong – very wrong – and the consequences are huge. But it was FUN!
What does God want today?
Sometimes when you’re too busy, there is only one thing you can do… Today after teaching about letting God excite us as we do His work, the difference between the general will and specific will of God, and a session asking Him what He wanted – He answered. So we drove 15km to hand out a few tracts and talk to different people about God, sin, forgiveness like we thought He wanted us to… Little did we know that He had 3 specific people in mind!
Thank you Dad…a reflection of 2013
A brief summary of 2013 – the ups and downs and thanks for it all. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
The Slavery of Sugar
There is a lot of talk about sugar and it’s addictive qualities at the moment. While I agree that there are dangers of consuming too much refined sugar, the link between sugar and slavery has another, often overlooked, and possibly more powerful link… While many hold to a relative, social based (or humanistic) moral code, we don’t have to look far to see the results of this belief. When we base our morals on what we see around us, an ‘internal check’ or social norms, many terrible things can and do occur. Slavery is a obvious example. Only a couple …
Jesus Time What it is & Why we do it…
Scripture(s): Proverbs 22:6, Luke 13:27, John 10:14, 17:3 Notes: ‘Jesus Time’ – whatever it looks like for your family – should never become a religious thing you do, before you get on with ‘real’ life. It is a foundational time from which all other parts of life are built on…