by Shannon Popkin | Jul 20, 2021 | Comparison, Compassion
When I pulled in the driveway the other day, my son inhaled quickly then expressed immediate disappointment. “I thought I saw my Amazon box on the front porch…” “Was it that table?” I asked, knowingly. A couple of weeks ago, I spray...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 31, 2015 | Analogy, Compassion
“Oh! Do you live in the house with the white picket fence?” she asked, after I explained where I live in the neighborhood. “I LOVE that house!” she exclaimed, with new admiration in her eyes. I smiled and said, “You mean the white picket...
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, Exceptional Mom, 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...
