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Mar 2020
Since we have decided to cancel our worship services amidst the current COVID-19 epidemic and are only holding them via live stream, we recognize that watching a full worship service on YouTube might be difficult for some of our younger congregants. Therefore, each week we will provide a ‘family devotional’ resource to be used either on Sunday morning, or another time through the week. This is something we have......
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Family Devotional about “Control & Trust”
Since we have decided to cancel our worship services on March 15, 22 and 29, and are only holding them via live stream, we recognize that watching a full worship service on YouTube might be...
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Have an Indoor Campout! – February’s Orange Idea
Westminster’s “Orange Idea” is a monthly, family-friendly, 1-page resource to help you live out your faith at home. But what is “Orange,” you might ask? As Julie and Matthew explained, it’s not just a colour—it’s...
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Count the Stars – The Summer Orange Idea
Westminster’s “Orange Idea” is a monthly, family-friendly, 1-page resource to help you live out your faith at home. But what is “Orange,” you might ask? As Julie and Matthew explained, it’s not just a colour—it’s...
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The accusation I never want my future tech-savvy kids to make
The internet is more than the elephant in the room. It’s the Godzilla that ate the room with the elephant in it. (The elephant was TV.) It’s that big. And hairy. Let’s take stock. It...
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The lesson my kids have to keep teaching me
If you’re like me and have young children, it can be easy to think you have it all figured out. We can pronounce “hyperbole,” play videos on a machine the size of our hand,...
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Why letting your kids struggle is good parenting
The opposite of good parenting is doing the easy thing in the short term. Now don’t get me wrong. There’s a certain parenting high when we just “let kids be kids,” stay up late,...
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1 Real Way to Showcase Humility (and Strength) to Your Children
Dallas Willard has more wisdom than Coke has sugar. Here’s what he says: “The most important thing in your life isn’t what you do; it’s who you become.” I could spend a lifetime digesting...
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The One Question Every Child, Tween & Teen Silently Asks Their Parents
Every single parent I know wants to do a good job raising their kids. But after that, the unanimity about how to do it usually goes out the window. We want them to be successful and...
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3 Ways to Curb Sibling Rivalry
If you have kids you’ve probably thought about sibling rivalry. It’s kind of like debt or a skin rash: You don’t think about it until you have to deal with it yourself! Plus, parenting zips...
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