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What kind of Mom do you want to be?

The Keepers Ministry Team hopes you had a special Mother’s Day!
There has been a lot of press lately about moms: from “tiger moms” to “attachment parenting”.  I have found that one of the best sources of parenting wisdom is a godly, older woman who has raised her children under the admonition of the Lord. Marcia [...]

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{Health Series} Relationship with Children – Part Two

As I read through the book of James in the Bible, with my relationship with my children on my mind, here are some practical tips I found and jotted down that apply to any relationship but are especially important in our relationship with our children:
 
1. Children are a good gift from God — be thankful [...]

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{Health Series} Relationship with Children – Part One

How is your relationship with your children?  Whether you have children of your own or the children in your life are nieces, nephews or neighbors, God places relationships with children in our lives as a blessing and as an opportunity for a relationship that grows and matures, changing as the child matures into adulthood. We [...]

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Planting Christmas Seeds

by Debbs Hammett

Our Savior and King has come! “This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.” 
(Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
 
At this time of year when we try, yet again, to explain the real meaning behind Christmas, we may wonder if anything we say to our [...]

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Let the Children Play

by Alesa Campbell

During the Christmas season many years ago, I gave my students color sheets with holiday themes on them. I gave them Santa pictures, reindeer to color, Christmas trees, candy canes, snow men, snow flakes, gifts and ornaments. One day I gave them a color sheet of a nativity scene (this was back when [...]

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Lighting the First Candle of Advent

By Dana Curtin
Advent begins this Sunday, and if your family is celebrating with the traditional advent wreath, the first purple candle should be lit. Traditionally, this candle is known as the “Candle of Expectation or Hope.”  We wait with expectation and hope for the coming of the Messiah to earth as a baby.
Candles are lit [...]

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