by Janel Breitenstein I was flipping through my Bible the other night and noticed a circled footnote on the Ten Commandments — the one about murder. Want to know what it said? That the Hebrew word used “also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence.”
Someone to Look Up To!
October 29, 2008 By
You are Your Child’s Best Advocate, Part 2
October 28, 2008 By
In my previous post titled, “You are your child’s best advocate,” I listed a few ideas on how to help teachers and peers understand your child and his or her disability. At the end, I promised to practice what I preached. I planned to teach my daughter’s Sunday school class a lesson on autism and [...]
Wiser than His Years
October 25, 2008 By
You are Your Child’s Best Advocate
October 24, 2008 By
Last week in Sunday school I thought I was going to lose it. I was trying to teach, but the children were all focused on my daughter Rachel and what she was and wasn’t doing. Why? They don’t understand autism. And why don’t they understand autism? I haven’t taught them about it! Sure I’ve tried, [...]
The Economy and Our Response
October 23, 2008 By
“These are times that try men’s souls” Thomas Paine, 1776. These past weeks we have been dealt an economic blow most of us were not expecting. And it is spreading around the globe, threatening every nation. It seems impossible to lock out the incessant reports of bad news from the media. It seeps into our [...]
Christian Movie Boom … Really?
October 22, 2008 By
Moms, Sons, and their Wives
October 21, 2008 By
I just spent a fantastic weekend with our youngest son’s wife at a women’s conference. The conference itself was life-changing, but my time with my daughter-in-law was priceless. We laughed together, chatted away about girly things—clothes, favorite comfort foods and such. I splurged and ordered room service to pamper her a bit. It was a [...]
The Economy: Putting It in a Trust
October 20, 2008 By
by Janel Breitenstein I was talking to my friend again last night—the one who’s very concerned about the economy. She’s doing some good things about it: streamlining her lifestyle so that she can save money for a rainy day, for example. But I see and hear that the worry still consumes her. When she asked [...]
Gardening for Therapy
October 20, 2008 By
