by Shannon Popkin | May 21, 2012 | Kids' Perspective, Rescue, Salvation, Sin
My eight-year-old said, “I remember before I was a Christian and I wasn’t wicked.”I had just been reading him Psalm 36’s description of the wicked. I said that all of us were wicked before God saved us. But my son disagreed. “I...
by Shannon Popkin | May 17, 2012 | Kids' Perspective
When we lived in Milwaukee, I absolutely adored my friends’ little girl, Allie. And she liked me, too, but she really liked Ken. She called him ‘Pen’ and she called me ‘Shan Pahkin’ and we had great times with her. She was cutest little...
by Shannon Popkin | May 14, 2012 | Faith, Family, Wisdom
Just a week before my friend, Angela, was to give birth to twins, her husband got a call before work. They told him not to bother coming in that day. They were laying him off. Without saying anything about it, he left the house as if he were going to work. Instead he...
by Shannon Popkin | May 13, 2012 | Holidays, Hospitality, Kids' Perspective, Women
Once when I was a new teacher, my mom gave me a perm. (It was stylish in those days to frizz your hair out like a big brillo pad.) When I went to school the next day, one of the other teachers said, “Oh, I love your perm! I wish I had enough money to get a...
by Shannon Popkin | May 7, 2012 | Goals, Kids' Perspective, Mistakes, Parenting, Teens
After you read this, go tell your child to do something that sounds absolutely ridiculous. Like, “Put a pair of socks on your ears.” Or, “Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ into the mailbox.” Or, “Go turn all of the door knobs in the...