My 20-year-old daughter earned a little money working as an intern for an engineering firm this summer. As she had to decide where to spend her hard-earned money, it was an exercise in clarifying her values while learning more about herself.
She had no qualms about spending a sizable amount of money taking her little sister [...]
Imagine a child living in the toughest neighborhoods of New York City. How can he have a chance to experience the beauty of nature, to go hiking, to get some Fresh Air?
Now he can, with THE FRESH AIR FUND!
The Fresh Air fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 [...]
A year ago I wrote a post on 3 ways we can set an example to our children to make the world a better place.
Now more than ever, in our current state of the economy where people are distressed about one thing or another, it is important for everyone of us to do our part [...]
My recent participating in Blog Action Day made me realize that if we all do a little, we can accomplish a lot.
Poverty can be an overwhelming issue, but if we each do a little, we can indeed make a difference. One way to do so is to participate with The League.
And it’s a great way [...]
Beginning of November marks for me the beginning of the holiday season!
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Thanksgiving and Christmas?
Food? Shopping? Stress?
Celebrating the holidays is not merely for the food and fun even though we certainly look forward to those. Holidays are also an effective way to [...]
Dr. James Dobson tells the story of going to the market, and standing in the checkout line behind an elderly woman. She was obviously not all there, and was fumbling around her purse for money to pay for the groceries. It was obvious to the checker and to Dr. Dobson that she had much more [...]
The holiday season is coming up fast – that gift-giving season of Christmas.
Are the images of throngs of shoppers at the mall stressing you out already?
What if I told you there is a meaningful gift you can give, without fighting crowds at the mall?
What if I told you that this gift teaches values, is not [...]
Are your children involved in some sort of sports league? Many of my friends have children in soccer leagues and basketball leagues. Some are in tennis clubs, and swimming competitions.
But how about a community service LEAGUE where schools work on community projects and get recognized and connect with other schools?
Yes, there is such a [...]
Today, my 19-year-old daughter Audrey is out with her little sister Amy for the day, to celebrate the little one’s 13th birthday.
As a present, Audrey is taking Amy to lunch, shopping at the mall, and then dinner. This present comes with $30 cash for Amy to spend at the mall!
Now that Audrey has a part-time [...]
A 20-something year old girl at church said something to me on Sunday that was incredibly mature.
“I decided to stay at this church because when I was growing up at this church, a lot of people here contributed to my growth. Now I want to give back and help other people grow at this church.â€
I [...]
How many Gen Xers do you know would choose to deny himself of a big house, nice car, vacations, choose to live on $38,000 and give away the rest of his $200k+ a year salary, choose to live in a lower economic neighborhood to share God’s love?
In our culture of excesses and accumulation of toys, [...]
“I didn’t get what I wanted for Christmas!”
“Is that all??”
Did you hear that at your house after all the Christmas presents were opened?
How do we teach our children to have a thankful heart instead of being discontent with what they have?
“I am disappointed that I didn’t get what I wanted for Christmas, but I [...]
Ask any child to tell you the best thing about Christmas, and what do you think he will say?
“Presents!”
While we want to teach our children that Christmas is not all about getting presents, perhaps we’ve inadvertently conditioned our children to think that it is about the presents! That pile of wrapped boxes under the Christmas [...]
