by Shannon Popkin | Mar 10, 2014 | Prayer, Sin
Often, when Heidi’s kids are headed out on a date or to a class, she’ll say, “Make sure you please God tonight.” The concept of “Pleasing God No Matter What” is something Heidi has tried to emphasize since her kids were little....
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 9, 2014 | God, Parenting, Wisdom
“Mom, can I take a bath in your bathroom?” my son asked, when he was about seven. “There’s no hot water left in my bathroom.” I tried to explain that all of our hot water comes from the same place, but he insisted that my bathroom’s...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 29, 2013 | Beliefs, God, Mistakes, Salvation
My husband’s resume is pages and pages long. Which means he’s had lots of different jobs. Which means he has interviewed for dozens of positions. But he’s never had an interview quite like this one.It was an interview for a management position at his...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 19, 2013 | Faith, God, Humility, Mistakes, Parenting
In my hands, I hold the strings of the three kite-like kids whom God has blessed me with. I have a lot to juggle with three–wanting each one to soar high in the sky. It’s so fun to have the other people around me tilt their heads back and admire the...
by Shannon Popkin | May 31, 2013 | God, Media, Parenting
When I read a blog title, “My Daughter Wants to Download Raunchy Music”, this morning, I thought, “Yeah, how am I going to handle it when that happens?” So I read on.Her eight-year-old asked, for the first time, to download some songs. And...
by Shannon Popkin | May 20, 2013 | God, Mistakes, Parenting, Sin, Teens
Lindsay is our first child–our parenting ‘experiment’. Only, as a preschooler, she provided an invalid hypothesis: She made parenting seem easy. If we used a stern voice, she would drop her head and comply. If we gave her one warning, and the...