by Shannon Popkin | Dec 19, 2014 | Compassion, Family, Gifts, Holidays, Hospitality, Kids' Perspective
Each year, our friends, the Gebhards, put up a ‘Jesus Stocking’ at their house in December. All month, they collect money, and then use the funds to buy a gift for someone in need. All month, they thumb through the Samaritan’s purse catalog, hoping to be able purchase...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 13, 2014 | Compassion
Last week, Ken and I went out of town for a little getaway. While Ken was running an errand, a man knocked on the door of our hotel room. I looked through the peephole, and saw that he had a red sweater on, which to me, symbolized ’employee’, so I turned...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 3, 2014 | Compassion, Humility, Jesus, Parenting, Roles, Serving
Dedicated to my friends at Thornapple MOPS. :)I’ll never forget the Hazens. We knew their family when we had preschoolers and babies. They had big, burly boys, who absolutely loved my kids–especially our new baby, Cade. They would ask to hold him, and...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 30, 2013 | Church, Compassion, Differences
“Oh no!” I wailed, gripping the steering wheel, with my eyes locked on the rear view mirror.”Mom, did you hit someone?” asked my son incredulously, from the back seat.I opened the door and went to find out.This is how my son later told the rest...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 23, 2013 | Compassion, Pain, Parenting
Once when I was cooking dinner, two-year-old Cade bumped his head on the cupboard, and started to whimper. I was in the middle of adding meat to a pan, so I glanced down to see if he was OK, then looked back to the stove. Lindsay did the same thing, glancing...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 22, 2013 | Compassion, Rescue, Sin, Women
by: Heidi VriesmanI’m quickly approaching the second trimester of my pregnancy and have really enjoyed getting the babycenter.com updates in my inbox. The kids and I read them together and watch the video about how our baby is developing.The most recent...