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When I was a kid, I believed in Santa. It was the early 80's. Didn't everybody? And a quick side note, I have never wondered if my parents "lied" to me about Jesus just because they "lied to me" about St. Nick. For me, believing Santa was real was...
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When I was a kid, I believed in Santa. It was the early 80's. Didn't everybody? And a quick side note, I have never wondered if my parents "lied" to me about Jesus just because they "lied to me" about St. Nick. For me, believing Santa was real was...
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Lillie Cate is quickly approaching 3 years old. In the last 6 months, she has learned a horrible word and she uses it quite frequently. Are you ready? The word is...MINE! I haven't observed her saying it to friends yet, but to her 18 month old si...
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Lillie Cate is quickly approaching 3 years old. In the last 6 months, she has learned a horrible word and she uses it quite frequently. Are you ready? The word is...MINE! I haven't observed her saying it to friends yet, but to her 18 month old si...
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Okay - so what I'm about to write may not be what you are looking for as far as answers to your specific questions are concerned, but, it's a tagline I've been using in my talks with parents about "the talk" for years. Talk to your kids about sex...
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Wow. Great discussion that I can certainly benefit from. I met a family during my first years as a student pastor. Their kids were exceptional and the parents sort of adopted me and my wife. We were practically newlyweds and since we spent most of...
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We've always talked about God to our girls, since birth (and probably even before actually). We have referenced Him and creation and His love pretty much from the beginning. When we took away the bedtime bottle from our first daughter (at 17 month...
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We waited 3 1/2 years before we decided to stop preventing pregnancy and just "see what happens." We got pregnant fairly quickly but subsequently miscarried. It was another 2 years before we became pregnant again. Our first child was born after we...
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That's awesome Michael. Making decisions with wisdom and input from my wife when I when the time comes is what we hope and pray for with our girls down the road. Right now, we're just dealing with "don't climb on that and don't put that in your mo...
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Just some thoughts, "Believing IN your kids is different than believing your kids"

When I was a kid, I believed in Santa. It was the early 80's. Didn't everybody? And a quick side note, I have never wondered if my parents "lied" to me about Jesus just because they "lied to me" about St. Nick. For me, believing Santa was real was like believing that Alvin and the Chipmunks or the G.I. Joes were all real too.

Belief is a word that circles into view a lot at Christmas. As it should. Reading further, you should note that the kind of belief I'm talking about isn't salvific belief… Continue

Posted on December 3, 2009 at 6:39am —

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At 9:54am on February 18, 2009, Michael Stover said…
Welcome to the group Nic!
At 9:44am on February 18, 2009, James Jackson said…
Hey Nic,, what is your blog address?
At 1:48pm on February 17, 2009, James Jackson said…
Hey Nic! Glad you are on here. Hey, I remember reading you had a blog where you were posting your thoughts on reading through the Bible. I would like to feature you like I featured Michael Stover, as an upcoming writer. Would you be okay with me pointing the P2P community toward your blog?
 
 

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