A Plan
“Having Church on the Way to Baseball” (God card #30 – Hide and Seek)
We were all driving to Burleson for day two of a baseball tournament for Carson. It was Sunday, and we were on the move. So, we had church in the car, and this is how it went – simple but great stuff! The God card for this week is #30. I believe God plays hide and seek. He wants to be found. 1. We passed the God card around the car, and everyone read a verse. 2. I then asked: “What phrase do you remember? Which verse stands out to you?” Carson liked Jeremiah 29, because that is his baseball number! And as we were driving to a game, it struck close to home. And so it went. It was important that we all went around and just shared a simple thought. 3. Second...
Read More“What Really Happened at the Hagan House!” (God card #4 – Blanket/Mr. Bear)
We are focusing on God card #4 this week – God is our Blanket/Mr. Bear. I believe God comforts me. For our children, blankets were very important when they were young. Nap time would not happen unless the blanket was present! For Carson, his Mr. Bears were also very important. He actually has 2 Mr. Bears. They were were given to Maya and Ada as a baby gift, and they never took to them. When Carson was a baby, I put them in his crib more for decoration than anything else. But as he grew, I began noticing he would wake up from a nap with them in hand. I began calling them his Mr. Bears, and it stuck. Ada and Maya are not exactly happy with this God card, because I...
Read More“Great Children’s Books for the Me cards”
Here are some great books we have used in our study of the Me cards! During your weeks of enjoying the Me cards, pull out one of these books and use it to add to the conversation. Ask questions like: This book reminds me of the Me cards. Why? What Me card do you see in this book? Etc. Enjoy! If Only I had a Green Nose by Max Lucado Tallest of Smalls by Max Lucado You Are Mine by Max Lucado Who Am I? By Frank Friedman Gigi-God’s Little Princess and Will-God’s Mighty Warrior by Sheila Walsh God Knows Me by Joel Anderson Three Trees – traditional folk tale, retold by Angela Elwell Hunt Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian...
Read More“What Really Happened at the Hagan House!” (God card #3 – Artist)
So, you have purchased the God cards and looked over the handy poster that comes with them. You read the introduction, agreed with the importance of this endeavor and attempted to understand the “Getting Started” section, but you still aren’t quite sure how this works. So, I want to give you a picture of how it fleshed out in the Hagan house – step by step using the “Getting Started” section from the God cards poster to guide us along the way. It is one thing to tell you how to do it, but another thing to show you the Hagan people really doing it! And you will see we often take detours depending on the moment and what is interesting to...
Read More“Pick 3 – an idea for veggie eating!” (eat)
In the download “Steps in our Story and Ideas for Yours,” I talk about an idea to help my kids eat those veggies. We have turned the vegetable consumption into a game that is working – we lovingly call it “pick 3.” Quite simply, I cut up a bunch of veggies, put them in a Tupperware, add a bit of water to the bottom and keep them chilling in the refrigerator. For most meals, I just pull out the Tupperware and the kids get to choose any 3 different veggies to eat! Sometimes, the number changes depending on whatever else we may be eating. But on average, 3 is the magic number! If I am really working hard that week, I may use a fancy cutter...
Read More“Shoulders Back!” (God card #42 – Warrior)
For me in this week, “Shoulders Back” was my act of faith, my acknowledgement of the battle going on and my offensive position in it all! “Shoulders Back” was my battle cry! “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, we have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 I was sitting in the doctor’s office with Carson, and we had been waiting for some time. My son, miserable with...
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