Kids don’t come with a manual. This means we’ll frequently wonder if we are “doing it right” in our attempts to raise and train them.

I remember the class vividly. It was a group of high schoolers who were trying to memorize large sections of the Old Testament.

If you’re anything like me, you enjoy tweetable moments. They’re the little moments in life that are beautifully captured in a short, memorable sentence or two.

Have you ever planted an acorn and nurtured it into growth as an oak tree? If so, have you stuck with it long enough to see the oak tree grow into maturity?

A couple of months ago, we had some friends over to the house. They brought their kids and before long the whole gaggle of children was reporting they had not only found some acorns, but also planted a tree. This of course was done by placing their newfound acorns on a patch of dirt in our backyard. It was pretty adorable to see five mouths racing a hundred miles an hour (all at the same time no less) to explain the wonder of their discovery and project.