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April 7, 2020 Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity. – Randall Wallace The story of Father Hare, shared by Cynthia in this video, is a wonderful story to share with your children for spring. And here is another wonderful story of …
March 30,2020 Join in the great company of those who make barren places of life fruitful with kindness. Carry a vision of heaven in your hearts…Your success and happiness lies in you…The external conditions are the accidents of life. The great enduring realities are love and service. Joy is the holy fire that keeps our …
March 26, 2020 The Little Gnome Who Had to Stay Home By Susan Perrow – March 2020 Looking for imaginative ways to help your children through this unsettling time? Susan Perrow has offered a wonderful tale for you to tell the children: The Little Gnome who Had to Stay Home. This story was written for …
March 23, 2020 In these times, in these uncertain times, I will remain open to the miracle that is each moment. A Story, a Recipe, and a Song for these times from Stacy Ito (San Francisco Bay area LifeWays Early Childhood Training) Hello dear friends! A Story I just love the message and simplicity of …
December 22, 2019 That’s what Hanukkah is about: trying to survive the darkness on the far-fetched hope there’s still some life and light left in the universe. It’s more than just a religious story. The days have been growing shorter, imperceptibly but inescapably darker…. Heading into the night of the winter solstice, every spiritual tradition …
December 15, 2019 In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. – Albert Camus The darkest nights of the year approach, and people all across the northern hemisphere enter into a time of waiting for the light to return. Jews, Christians, and pagan and earth-centered faiths all mark in …
December 8, 2019 In today’s Living Arts Weekly post, we are sharing Sharifa’s second story for December, “The Fig Tree.” This second story in a series of four features the plant kingdom in the form of a watchful little fig tree. The theme of waiting and watching is a great one to share with children …
December 1, 2019 In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen …
November 24, 2019 Some of our readers are choosing to no longer celebrate Thanksgiving. It certainly has a contentious history and is steeped with cultural appropriation. If you have decided to ignore the holiday, I wish you a nice, restful long weekend with your family, and I hope you have a chance to connect in …
June 30, 2019 In summer, the song sings itself. -William Carlos Williams Summer is short! July is already upon us; can you believe it? Sometimes it can feel like summer is a runaway train, and we are simply hanging on for the ride. Take a moment today to jot down your intentions for the …