Category: children

Pray for the safety of your children

November 3, 2015 | 18 comments

There are many ways parents can bless their children, and praying for their safety is one of them. Prayer has far reaching consequences. Its effect does not reside simply in the immediate physical locale of the one who is praying.

Overcoming the odds

May 28, 2015 | 4 comments

When I watch this short video about Noe Rueda growing up poor in Little Village, a neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, I can’t help but feel hope for all of humanity. The social, environmental and economic odds were all stacked

Your love must extend to your neighbor

February 3, 2015 | 5 comments

Do you love the children of other families in your neighborhood as much as you love your own? Should you? One of Mary Baker Eddy’s students recorded this message he heard Eddy share with a student: “Mrs. Eddy told a

When your children leave home

September 22, 2014 | 8 comments

I never worried about being an empty-nester until our second and last child left home for college two years ago. The house felt different! In fact, it felt very different. It was a whole lot quieter. With no children in