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I Don’t Like Christmas!

December 22, 2021 Debbie Hardy Anticipation, Change, Christmas, Family, Holiday, parenting, Relationships, Time Management

“I don’t like Christmas.” When my seven-year-old son said those words, I was floored. I didn’t know how to answer him. Who doesn’t like Christmas? With family visits, fabulous food, and giving and receiving gifts,

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Who Will Teach Them?

October 19, 2021 Julie Christian Fire Starters, Julie Christian, Leader

How can I teach them what’s right? The worship leader spoke, “Let us all stand and sing.” I had worked a fifty-five-hour week that week, and the soles of my feet cried to be let

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When Is It Okay for Christians to Curse?

May 18, 2021 Julie Christian Christian Living, Fire Starters, inspire a fire, Julie Christian, parenting

It was dinnertime, and Kasie had been fasting since morning. We arrived at the hospital as the doors opened. Nobody seemed to know which vials to use for the uncommon tests. It had been a

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I’m Not Ready, Yet

March 20, 2021 Jamin Baldwin Child Of God, Fire Starters, inspire a fire, Life Stages, parenting

I’m not ready, yet. Watching my boy walk down the gravel driveway and out the gate, I felt my heart clench in my chest. He isn’t ready. He isn’t old enough. I needed to keep

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The Spitting Image

September 5, 2020 Martin Wiles Fire Starters

“He is the spitting image of his mother (or father).” Image entails the physical characteristics found in a child that are also found in one or both parents. Most of the time, this involves body

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FAmily – Parent first, Friend Second

May 19, 2020 Kim Harms Fire Starters, Relationships

I had a friend years ago whose relationship with her mother was strained. They talked regularly. And though they honestly loved each other, it was not uncommon for their conversations to end in utter frustration.

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Raising the Next Generation of Faith-Filled Defenders

May 9, 2020 Lori Hatcher discipleship, Faith, Fire Starters, Leadership

In today’s child-centered age, children and adolescents shine in the spotlight, and parents either play a minor role or act like idiots. On the surface, this is also true of the Old Testament book of

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10 ways to parent our kids toward a hopeful future

September 21, 2019 Kim Harms Fire Starters, Hope for tomorrow, parenting
Photo by Kim Harms

Sometimes I fail as a mom. Sometimes I triumph. Sometimes I cry with my boys. Sometimes I laugh with them. And sometimes I am at such a loss for what to do that I just

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Super Heroes and Seasons of Change

October 27, 2018 Kim Harms Fire Starters, parenting
Photo By Kim Harms

It all started with the Boy Wonder. In the fall of 2005, my mom made Batman and Robin costumes for my boys. The two-year-old became smitten with Robin. I remember the morning I was awakened

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A Mama’s Measure of Success

May 19, 2018 Kim Harms Fire Starters, parenting
Photo by Kim Harms

I recently read the following quote about successful parenting. A mother’s job is to teach her children not to need her anymore. The hardest part of that job is accepting success. Maybe it’s my fear

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