Courage Challenge of the DayThis week was the start of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. Consider fasting for the day, or giving up one meal. What is important…
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Courage Challenge of the DayChallenge your palate today. Visit the grocery store or farmer’s market and find something you’ve never eaten. Is there a funky-looking vegetable you can’t even…
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Courage Challenge of the DaySay YES! To EVERYTHING! Don’t tell your kids in advance, but it won’t take them long to figure out that the word “No,” is not…
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Courage Book Review – Saints and AnimalsLast week I shared the legend of St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio. Today, Lion’s Whiskers offers two books on the same theme. On…
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Courage Challenge of the DayOne night this weekend, mix it up at bedtime. Either everybody switches bedrooms, or you all sleep backwards in your own beds, or you could…
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Courage Challenge of the DayLion’s Whiskers offers this courage challenge: As an opportunity to put your social courage muscles to work, say “Hello” to everyone who crosses your path today! …
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The MessageIn the first year or so that my daughter, the Lovely K., was with me, she found phone conversations and leaving messages very challenging. She…
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Courage Challenge of the DayThis challenge is for teens who have their thumbs on their phones all the time, texting their friends to make plans to meet. The next…
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Warning! Caution! Dangerous Things!“Playing with knives” and “playing with fire” sound dangerous, not surprisingly. If children are allowed to treat these things as toys they probably will get…
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The Gate of Heaven and the Gate of HellOne of my greatest challenges in my own life has been admitting to intellectual errors. “I don’t know,” “I made a mistake,” and “I was…
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