JillJan 8, 20202 min readThe Important ThingIn 1949, Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon, published The Important Book. In it, she talks about everyday items and the...
JillJan 6, 20192 min readMaking Lent come aliveA few years ago, I watched as my children eagerly added another felt figure to our Advent nativity scene and I reveled in the joy that...
JillJan 5, 20192 min readSomething bigger than ourselvesIn the mid 1990s, a psychologist named Sara Duke notice that among the children she worked with, the ones who knew more about their...
JillJan 4, 20192 min readAll Because of the MuffinsA friend of mine started a new job last week. He left his old job because he was tired of coming home every day feeling deflated and...