by Shannon Popkin | May 5, 2016 | Salvation
By: Shannon Popkin, Taken from the True Woman blog. “I accepted Ken as my husband.” For the record, I have never spoken about my husband in these terms. I’ve never said to my children, “Twenty years ago, I accepted your daddy as my personal...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 10, 2015 | Salvation
Sometimes, when the kids were little (usually after I had blown it and lost my temper with them again), I would slump over in prayer and say, “God! I am doing such a terrible job! These kids are never going to want to follow you.” The implicit message of...
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 | Nov 20, 2012 | Decor, Faith, Holidays, Parenting, Salvation, seasons, Witness
When we moved into our house two years ago, the previous owners were kind enough to give us their big basket of Christmas lights. They even went so far as to give us a diagram, showing which strand of lights went on which roof peak.I was delighted! Now, at long last,...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 15, 2012 | Family, God, Salvation, Siblings
Thanks to Beyond Bath Time for publishing the following story: In the car, Younger grumbled about several things in a row. So, as I often do, I asked him to name ten things he was thankful for. He mentioned Older in at least half of his thanksgivings. “I’m thankful...
by Shannon Popkin | May 21, 2012 | Kids' Perspective, Rescue, Salvation, Sin
My eight-year-old said, “I remember before I was a Christian and I wasn’t wicked.”I had just been reading him Psalm 36’s description of the wicked. I said that all of us were wicked before God saved us. But my son disagreed. “I...
