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The Sacredness of Your Child’s Imagination: Part II: Practicalities

Posted on March 16, 2018

Portcullis at Hever Castle

It is a heavy responsibility to be the primary gatekeeper for your children’s imaginations until they grow up to be old enough to take on the responsibility themselves. Their imaginations are priceless treasures that you are given the opportunity to shape and guide so that they have a rich inner life.

This is the second part to a post that casts the vision for the battle we are in for our children’s imaginations. Please read or re-read that post so that this does not seem like a list of heavy burdens or rules. It is the vision that motivates all our choices.

Incarnational Living: Living With Less Media

Posted on February 14, 2016

Just the other day I had to wait for two of my children to complete a music exam. The hallways of the conservatory were lined with parents and siblings waiting. I was struck by the unsettling picture of all the siblings of all ages looking at phones or devices. Not one child was reading a book or looking around. When my children pulled their books out to read as they waited, I felt like we were characters from another era who were dropped down into the future.