One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.
03926 – The Gift of Acceptance
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03918 – Life: An Unmissable Show!
You can be flawed, anxious and sometimes irritated, but don't forget that your life is the greatest company in the world. Only you can prevent her from going into decline. There are many who appreciate, admire and love you. And you don't know but there are people for...
03913 – In 100 Years…
Have you ever thought about this? In 100 years like in 2123 we will all be buried with our relatives and friends. Strangers will live in our homes we fought so hard to build, and they will own everything we have today. All our possessions will be unknown and unborn,...
03893 – Disability Teaches Us
In this season of continued healing, I am soaking the powerful words of Julia Watts Belser deep into my own bones: “Disability has taught me much about the potent spiritual subversiveness of being radically comfortable in my own skin, of daring to find the presence of...
03882 – The Ultimate Test
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children.
03855 – Children Inside
I am convinced that most people do not grow up… We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are...
03842 – GOOD Gangs = Choirs
I believe a child who is holding a piece of music will not be holding a gun, a knife, or a torch. More original: Every child wants to be part of a gang....choir is a GOOD gang. And of course, we are building young people through music, not the other way around.
03779 – The Way of Love
During an era when religious institutions used theology and Scripture to malign and reject others, Jesus accepted and included Gentiles, the poor, the sick, women, Samaritans, Romans, children, and many others who were outcasts and oppressed. Being inclusive and...
03771 – Heritage and Diversity
We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others.
03644 – Information, not Aggravation
Every child's behavior is trying to tell us something. Our job is to see the behavior as information, not aggravation.