Don’t “help” My Kids

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Kate Bassford Baker wrote an excellent article asking other parent Please Don’t Help My Kids. Her article begins with.. Dear Other Parents At The Park: Please do not lift my daughters to the top of the ladder, especially after you’ve just heard me tell them I wasn’t going to do it for them and encourage them to try it themselves. I am not sitting here, 15 whole feet away from my kids, because I am Read More …

Lenten Art (Jesus on Cross)

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Everyone & Everything This board is an art project I did with the youth group @ Lutheran Church in the Foothills in 2011.  It took 3 months of planning/preparation and 4 youth group meetings to put it together. The title comes from a response to a question I asked while we we’re working on it, “For whom did Jesus die?”  A youth responded with, “Everyone.” Another followed with, “Everything.” We used this as our central Read More …