Something Christine and I have been thinking about for awhile now, but was solidified at that parenting seminar we went to last weekend centered around how to begin introducing our kids to…
Series: Pre-School Theology
Pre-School Theology: End Times
A few weeks ago my son introduced me to perhaps the scariest imagination of Jesus that I could have ever conjured up. He’s four. While riding his bike at a park he…
Pre-School Theology: A Boy’s First Sermons
Tonight my son, who just turned five, told me he had an idea out of the blue for us to do together tonight. He said he had “a speech to make” and…
Pre-School Theology: Existential Christmas
This week was a big week for our family because the kids really love decorating the house for Christmas. So me and the kids go to town and transform half of our…
Pre-School Theology: Wretched Man!
In this installment of “pre-school theology” I want to go a different direction than the humorous or cute anecdotes This is a more tragic post, though ultimately hopeful. You should be able…
Feeling Powerful
This edition of “Pre-School Theology” isn’t strict theology per se, but it’s in the neighborhood. My five year old son walked by me today and looked at me with a funny…
The Gift Our Fish Gave Us
Last week was a bit traumatic for my kids. Not only did we have our 1st ER trip with our infant’s newfound peanut reaction, but we suffered our first pet death. We…
Pre-School Theology: Grief
A couple of years ago I wrote a post entitled “The Gift Our Fish Gave Us” as a reflection on how navigating the death of their fish after two years was developmental…
Baby Jesus Valentine
Valentine’s Day apparently is a big deal here in the Philippines – in general it seems to be even bigger than the actual holidays of Easter and Christmas. So as a family…