by Shannon Popkin | Feb 9, 2012 | Differences, Marriage, Women
My friend recently went on a first date. She said the guy was nice, but the way he paid for her coffee was a little awkward. It didn’t bother her that he wanted to pay. That was nice. Maybe he was just a little too emphatic about it. “No, no! I...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s Yellow Ball Monday and Chris Brauns has the ball:A number of years ago, my wife and I talked at dinner with our four young children, about whether or not we ought to let angels camp on our deck. I ought to explain that one. Our kids knew that the Bible...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 3, 2012 | Anger, Christian Growth, Mistakes, Sin
“What?!?”I slammed on the breaks and pulled into someone’s driveway so I could turn back toward our house.With ever increasing decimal and agitation, I yelled, “How could you have forgotten your shin guards? I reminded you five times!! Do you...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 31, 2012 | Holidays
For Room Moms, Party Planners, and Sunday School Teachers, and anyone else planning a Valentine’s Party: Here are a couple of game ideas, using Conversation Hearts.Candy Heart Seven UpThis works for first graders all the way up. It’s just like ‘Seven...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 30, 2012 | Writing
When I was a summer camp counselor, our director kept this yellow playground ball in the room where the counselors met–it was a therapy ball of sorts. You could call for the Yellow Ball when you had a story to share or just wanted to rant for a while....