There’s a box of worries in my closet. It’s part of a resolution I made when fears over the continuing pandemic, national unrest, and regular day-to-day concerns crowded in to the point that it was difficult to concentrate on anything else. I decided to put my worries in a box. When one threatened to consume […]
Meredith Flynn
Making kids (and moms) feel safe
One afternoon in the first grade, I refused to get on the school bus. It was an uncharacteristic act of public rebellion, so I remember the details well: sitting at my desk in the classroom with my head down until Mrs. Spencer, the principal, came through the door. When she knelt down next to me […]
Dolly’s ‘side hustle’
For a few months recently, our 4-year-old’s favorite song was Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.” I played it during a cranky car ride one morning and it was an instant game changer. We were excited, then, to hear Dolly’s remake of the song for a Super Bowl commercial. The spot for a DIY website company […]
3 ways my kids learn Scripture
Ten years after our premarital counseling, the piece of advice that sticks out above the others is a Bible verse. I wish I could report that Paul’s encouragement in Colossians 3:16 to “let the word of Christ dwell richly among you” has seasoned all of my speech for the past decade. I can’t. But we […]
Raising Generation C
Gen Z is now Gen C. Social scientists are using the term to describe the youngest children who are growing up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Generation C, the thinking goes, will be forever marked because of how the crisis is shaping their formative years. It’s a heavy label with a lot of uncertainty. But as […]
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