Speak So Someone Will Listen
In a time when there are more avenues than ever to be heard, everyone seems to be screaming, straining for someone to really hear their voice amidst all the chatter. In a parenting training class, I once heard a social worker say, “When a child gets loud, try getting really still and speak quietly.” […]
A Nickname Worth Remembering
Everyone needs encouragement, usually more than a few times. In my parents’ day, encouraging was seen as “coddling”. Words of affirmation could spoil the child or make them think too highly of themselves. So, encouragement was mostly absent. Nonsense. The Bible instructs, clearly, that we are to BE encouragers, not just do encouraging. I […]