Article- The I Can't Funeral

Some time ago, a teacher in Decatur, Georgia, taught her fourth-grade students an invaluable lesson by conducting a funeral. She enthused her class because the funeral was to be conducted for an enemy--the "I can't" enemy. "Each child was encouraged to list their 'I Can'ts': 'I can't do math.' 'I can't make any friends.' 'I can't hit a home run in softball.' 'I can't give a book report in front of the class,'" and so on. When the teacher collected all the "I can't" lists, she put them in a box and took them with the class outside where they took turns in digging a grave. In her eulogy she said, "We have provided 'I Can't' with a final resting place and a headstone that contains his epitaph. He is survived by his brothers and sisters, 'I Can,' 'I Will,' and 'I'm Going to Right Away.' May 'I Can't' rest in peace and may everyone present pick up their lives and move forward in his absence." Phillip B. Childs, "The I Can't Funeral," North Texas United Methodist Reporter, January 22, 1999. www.sermons.com.

Interesting article (Being a Spiritual Loser Pays Off)

This group of very professional publisher types who came from a different world seemed to love the non-academic approach. They laughed at my jokes, but seemed to resonate with someone who could admit to being a spiritual loser for most of his life, someone who could honestly admit it, and freely talk about it. ...(more)

An Interesting Funeral

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Some time ago, a teacher in Decatur, Georgia, taught her fourth-grade students an invaluable lesson by conducting a funeral. She enthused her class because the funeral was to be conducted for an enemy--the "I can't" enemy.

"Each child was encouraged to list their 'I Can'ts': 'I can't do math.' 'I can't make any friends.' 'I can't hit a home run in softball.' 'I can't give a book report in front of the class,'" and so on.

When the teacher collected all the "I can't" lists, she put them in a box and took them with the class outside where they took turns in digging a grave. In her eulogy she said, "We have provided 'I Can't' with a final resting place and a headstone that contains his epitaph. He is survived by his brothers and sisters, 'I Can,' 'I Will,' and 'I'm Going to Right
Away.' May 'I Can't' rest in peace and may everyone present pick up their lives and move forward in his absence."

How To Engage Your Kids Today

A very thoughtful article. How true about iY generation!!

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Sheltered yet pressured, visionary yet vacillating, high achievement-oriented yet high maintenance, social yet isolated by technology — Dr Elmore detailed a list of contradictory characteristics in Generation iY to help give an idea of what parents today are up against.

Dr Elmore says children today are confused, and live in their own unreal “High School Musical” world where they shun responsibility and put off growing up.

According to Dr Elmore, most American children today believe that they only grow into adulthood when they first become parents, which is typically after their 27th birthdays.

...more: How To Engage Your Kids Today

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Only One Broken Key

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to bx xffxctivx, nxxds thx activx participation of
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So don't be a broken key--be a useful one.

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"For as the body [the Church] is one and has many
members, but all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body ... And if one member suffers, all
the members suffer with it; or if one member is
honored, all the members rejoice with it." 1 Corinthians 12:12, 26

5 Ways to Be the Husband God Wants You to Be

An article from a lady on crosswalk.com...

1. Be of One Mind
2. Be Compassionate
3. Be Loving
4. Be Tenderhearted
5. Be Courteous

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