High employment cited as factor in low N.H. child poverty rate.

From Foster’s Daily Democratic:
“On average, rates are persistently higher in rural parts of the country relative to suburban areas and share similar rates with many central cities,” said Sarah Savage, a research assistant with the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
The state with the lowest rural child poverty rate in the [...]

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Teaching kids to pray.

Trevin at Kingdom People has a post on Bedtime Prayers with our Children:
Let me encourage you. Young children soak in everything we say to them. Don’t be frustrated if they’re not reciting the catechism by the age of 4. Don’t be frustrated if they seem to be disinterested when you pray. Don’t be frustrated [...]

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What Jesus says about children.

Matthew 18:3
And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 19: 13-14
Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
Jesus said, “Let [...]

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On vacation.

I’m on vacation until September, so posting here will be infrequent unless I am inspired.
Peace. Enjoy the rest of the summer!

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Possessed by God.

“To “be perfect” then is not so much a matter of seeking God with ardor and generosity, as of being found, loved and possessed by God, in such a way that his action in us makes us completely generous and helps us to transcend our limitations and react against our own weakness. We become [...]

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Church.

Today I visited a church in West Philadelphia (in west Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days….) and I think it will be my home church in the area!
Over the last few weeks I have visited several churches and always left frustrated because these churches, although perfectly [...]

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All Camp Day.

This is why I’m going to bed at 7:15pm tonight. It was an exhausting, but fun day.

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Party time, excellent.

Thanks to all of you who donated! In two days my awesome friends donated $187 for the party! I wanted to have between $10 – $15 per child and we ended up with about $18! I am so thankful and kept telling everyone here, “Wow, my friends are so amazing!!” Tonight [...]

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I miss my NYC teens.

Okay, well these are Brownyn’s teens, but I borrowed/shared them.
I took this photo on a subway platform last summer and then added the verse, with a little exposure. I really love the outcome, even though it’s a little Brio-ish. The image is powerful to me because I love these “next generation” [...]

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This is love.

My friend Jacee has returned to Haiti this summer to work at Hope for Haiti Children’s Center serving as a “House Mom.”
She wrote in her newsletter,
“Many of you ask about Rosemica. For those of you who don’t know, Rosemica was brought by motorcycle to the Orphanage last year. She was near death. She was about [...]

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