Goodbye Little House

 We moved house recently. Just a few streets away. I got a little sentimental. 

Image from Google Street View

You welcomed six weary souls 

when the world went quiet.

Your walls 

gave us sanctuary 

and inside them 

we huddled. 

We regrouped.

Gaping wounds bandages 

and exhausted muscles 

given rest. 

The tiniest heart became whole again 

and all shared in the joy.

We did yoga in the backyard 

and swung and jumped and lazed 

while watching trains go by 

full of people wearing masks. 

Little house you were a school when school could not be 

but also a school 

where we 

learned each other. 

We learned what it means 

to leave 

and to love 

and to laugh. 

We read 

and sang 

and created. 

We ached for friends 

and deepened the friendships 

within. 

Little house 

you brought us to a community 

where we found home. 

Easter eggs in early days. 

Drive by cookies, 

meals 

and the Uber guys who know us well. 

A walk to all the places 

there are to go. 

A ride into the city 

to see dazzling lights. 

But little house, 

your roof leaks 

and your kitchen is a 

glorified cupboard. 

You nursed us, 

taught us 

and gave us a home. 

But now we move on 

with hearts of gratitude 

and excitement 

about what adventures await.

Kids Discipleship Resources

 In the past year or so I've created a few resources for discipling kids particularly during COVID lockdowns. I'm sharing these here for anyone who might like to use or tweak them.

Let me know if you use them. I'd love to hear feedback both encouraging and critical. 

The first one I'm posting was a two week end of lockdown series on feelings. Particularly feeling happy and sad. Our kids had gone through a very long period of isolation from their peers in a lockdown that was supposed to last 2 weeks!

The program was designed to give kids a space to be sad, be sad to God and to understand a bit how God thinks about being sad. Then the next week was the flipside of thinking on happiness which comes from knowing that God is in control. It looks at being thankful and looking around to see the things that God is doing in the world. 

The link will
take you to a google doc.

Please enjoy and use it but don't pass it off as your own work or make any money out of it's use. 

I hope this and other resources I share bless you in discipling kids.

LINK TO THE PROGRAM

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