Connection Builds Executive Function

By Becky | May 6, 2020
Two children sit on a blue rug, playing with colorful alphabet blocks as an adult's hand helps arrange them. This connection builds executive function in their young minds. The children are dressed in casual, light-colored clothing.

Connection builds executive function in young children. Self-regulation, problem solving, and attentiveness are all executive function skills we want our kids to master. Research has determined children excel with secure attachments. Unconditional love and the knowledge the parent will be supportive in all circumstances enables a child to be confident and better handle challenges in…

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A Lesson in Patience from a Sloth

By Becky | March 19, 2019
A sloth, embodying patience, slowly climbs a thin tree trunk in a dense, leafy forest. The branches and leaves obscure parts of the sloth, which blends into the natural green and brown surroundings as sunlight filters through the canopy above.

Scott and I were recently in Costa Rica. We went on an excursion to the rainforest, visiting a number of beautiful destinations and sights, including a conservation park. Our guide, Alejandro del Piero, was a wealth of information on the birds, insects, and animals in the park. The most unusual? The sloth. We saw a…

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Good Fruit or Wormy?

By Becky | March 17, 2012
A decorative tile backsplash showcases fruits like bananas, grapes, and apples. Above, a Bible verse from Galatians 5:22-23 highlights love, joy, peace as the true 'fruits' of the Spirit. A faucet is mounted centrally.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law” (Galatians 5:22-23). Love, joy, peace, patience… I’ve done a lot of talking about and living out the fruit of the Spirit in the past three weeks, not always successfully. Because of the severity…

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