What to do with trouble at Vacation Bible School

"Run for it " by Russel Bernice, 2006 (CC BY 2.0) flickr.com

One year at Vacation Bible School, the lights went out. Well, not just the lights. The entire church was without power–and just as we were getting into our day of Vacation Bible School with the children. We were quite thankful … Continue reading

Inspiring Our Children: a missionary’s heart

When you hear the word “missionary”, what comes to mind?  In Sabbath School, the very little children sing “A boat goes sailing to the mission land…” and they love to come up with things for the missionaries to bring to … Continue reading

How Hasten Home Got its Name

Hasten Home may still be in its infancy, but the journey it represents is soon to reach maturity. All my life I have had a special love for children.  Even as a child myself, I was always finding ways to … Continue reading

Weekly Photo Challenge: Colorful

We live in a colorful world…but not everyone can see it.  Color-blindness runs in my family.  My dad was partially color-blind.  So is my husband.  Now we have at least two children who are partially color-blind. I had a little … Continue reading

Just Share!

I came across a cute, inspirational video online the other day. The basic message was that we all have something worth sharing–that the ideas that seem so obvious to our own minds may be nothing short of amazing to someone … Continue reading