The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those in the shadows of life, the sick, the aged, the needy, and the handicapped.
For the child who doesn't like speaking in front of others, yet will sing their heart out. For the child who is misunderstood in the playground, yet embraced in a music ensemble. For the child who struggles in the classroom, yet flourishes on the stage. Music is for...
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.
According to the gospels, Jesus wasn’t married. Jesus didn’t have children. People have still allowed him to lead their entire lives. The same is true for the apostle Paul and countless others in the Christian tradition. Should Joan of Arc have her sainthood revoked...
Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of mortality.
"Prosperity gospel" is saying certain principles, behaviors, practices, and obedience is necessary for God's blessing. If it's essentially "God wants you to do X and you (or your children) will be Y," that's a transactional relationship with God.
How I wish that no one would suffer and that we would work towards healing what sharply divides us. I think we need to talk about it. “War is what happens when language fails,” Margaret Atwood told us. But there are those who vehemently disagree. They will shout me...
Children are not a class or kind, they are a heterogeneous collection of immature persons, varying, as persons do, in their reach, and in their ability to extend it when stimulated. As soon as you limit your vocabulary to what you suppose to be within their reach, you...