While summer is hot, and the kids run free, the days are limited. But summer also opens a time in our calendar year to take vacations and venture out on family adventures. Every year, before
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How to Laugh and Play More as a Family
Play more. Laugh more. Create more. In our hurry-up culture, our fill-every-spot-on-the-calendar life, and our present social media world, we sometimes lose sight of what matters most. You see, we forget in all the planning
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A local used car dealer put signs on his autos to give potential buyers ways to picture themselves in one of his vehicles. Sporty! Convertible! Family Fun! Wait – Family Fun? That sign was propped
Read moreI See Fire and that is How We Should See the Christian Life
It was not merely for entertainment that Bunyan expressed a walk with Christ as a pilgrim’s journey, nor was it for Tolkien who illustrated the Christian life with a quest through Middle Earth, neither was
Read moreOld-Fashioned Summers
Were the good old days really good? In the 1960s, growing up in New York City meant enjoying summer during a simpler time. Simpler by virtue of less technology, but also simpler because we didn’t
Read moreNerf-Gun Wars and Other Sources of Laughter
by Nan Jones @NanJonesAuthor This is a Christmas story. Or not. Actually it’s a story of an amazing, resilient family glued together by God’s love. Several years ago our family suffered enormous loss and upheaval.
Read moreDelayed. A story of fun things.
It wasn’t the dinner-with-family I had envisioned. I should have been there by early afternoon, but after a series of delays, cancellations, and re-bookings, I found myself with an extra seven hours at the Charlotte
Read moreDisappointment: Not Making the Team
Disappointment and Rejection Forges Character My husband placed the anticipated call on speakerphone so could all listen. The coach’s tone, warm yet measured, complemented our daughter’s skills and talent, “Unfortunately, we have to pass on
Read moreLet me tell you about it…
Well, hello Inspire a Fire readers! It’s been quite a while since we last “spoke” and I’m happy to be back on your screens. In the past year a lot has happened in my life,
Read moreHow to Explain “The Olden Days” to Kids
Dear Granddaughter: Since you asked about “the olden days,” I thought you’d enjoy a written account of the primitive conditions in which Grandpa and I grew up. Facebook hadn’t been invented back then, so meeting
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