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A day early because of the relative few days until Christmas –
Our family makes a practice every year to take a drive around neighborhoods and look at Christmas Lights.
We did this on Friday and happened across a home in Shoreview that is really doing the job well.
They have created an impressive system of lights that they’ve coordinated and synchronized to music that you can listen to on the radio. And they just happen to be across the street from the Sitzer park parking lot so you can watch for a long time.
It’s impressive and fun and gave our whole family joy. We recommend it. Bring some food and they’ll donate it to the Emergency Food Shelf.
More information at mnlightshow.com.
Go see it.
Dads! Play this game: Find out how little you can spend on presents for your kids and still have them experience joy when they open them.
Dads, the next time you see your child behaving badly and you think, “where did that come from?” consider yourself as a potential source of their inspiration.
And let that inspire you to change.
Dads, those women and men who serve God in your church nursery should be given honor and respect. So give them honor and respect.
Dads, Anger spreads through a family. Don’t be it’s source, be it’s resolution.
Dads, do you want an inexpensive way to motivate boys?
Tell them you’ll bring them to Target and buy them a HotWheels or Matchbox car. It’s often less than a dollar, and they’ll get to choose from dozens of options.
Dads, pray for each of your kids by name. Today.
Dads, if your kids like relatively healthy and fairly inexpensive food for snacks, let them eat as much as they want.
Dads, if you ever make a statement that you are not absolutely certain about, let your kids know this. This will make you more trustable and show them that there is no shame in not being certain.
I am grateful for the fact that my parents spanked my siblings and me as I was growing up. The interesting thing is that while I’m aware that I was spanked as a child, I don’t really remember any specific times.
Except one.
It is one of my earliest memories. It happened at church, when I was maybe four or five.
There was a boy at our church who was perhaps a year or two younger than us. As a five year old, I was aware that the adults found him cute. This really bothered me. I was jealous of him. I didn’t think anyone deserved to get this much attention – well, no one besides me. So I didn’t like him.
One Sunday morning, as our family was getting ready to leave, I saw that he was walking by me. I can clearly remember the location (for those who know Calvary Church – the drinking fountain near the northeast corner). There weren’t many others around, so I did what any sinful selfish five year old would do. I stuck out my foot and tripped him. He fell. It hurt.
And then I looked up and saw my Dad down the hallway. He had seen me do it.
If ever a child deserved a spanking, at that moment I did. And I got one. I don’t remember the pain. I remember the humiliation. Because my Dad spanked me at church.
But my humiliation was not only due the public nature of my punishment. It was because I saw my sin. I saw what my sin made me want to do. I think I began to see the foolishness of being jealous when another person was being honored. I saw the pride that was in my heart.
I’d like to say that this spanking cured me of being bothered if all praise didn’t come to me. I’d like to, but I can’t.
I can say, at the very least, that the spanking began to teach me what was happening in my soul and the evil that was there. And that it needed a cure. I wouldn’t be surprised when I get to heaven, to find out that my Dad’s choices that day played a big role in my eventual salvation.
Dads: Help your child see what’s in their hearts.
Responsible Father 