by Shannon Popkin | Mar 9, 2024 | Anxiety, Faith, Fear, Kids' Perspective, Legacy, Podcast 8 Sarah, Witness
Would you ask your twelve-year-old to bravely live her faith, in a time of crisis? In part two of our conversation, Heather Cofer shares the story of her twelfth birthday in Mongolia and how—even when she was so afraid—her dad commissioned her to walk by faith. She...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 6, 2024 | Anxiety, Faith, Fear, Kids' Perspective, Legacy, Podcast 8 Sarah, Witness
What if God asked you to leave everything you love? Would you do it? On the Live Like It’s True podcast, Heather Cofer talks about her experiences as a child in Mongolia which still shape her faith today. Heather’s story is highlighted in my new Bible...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 13, 2024 | Concrete, Faith, Kids' Perspective, Parenting
Back when my son Cade was in fifth grade, he came downstairs and found me working in the office late at night, after everyone else had gone to bed. He said, “Mom, I felt Daddy looking for my tooth under my pillow, but I guess he didn’t find it.” He...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 19, 2021 | Kids' Perspective, Parenting, Roles
There’s something in a boy that is magically drawn to the concept of manhood. It’s in his DNA. Instinctively he knows that manhood is what he was made for. With shoulders back and muscles flexed, he embraces the challenge of becoming a man. He dreams of...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 1, 2015 | Kids' Perspective, Uncategorized
I walked into the kitchen and saw six glasses, filled with water lined up on the counter. I asked my son, who was busily working on something, “What’s the water for?” He said, “Oh! On the back of the macaroni and cheese box, it says first I...
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...