One of the other ways that your children (and you) can help others, is to clothe the naked. People all over the world are without shoes or warm clothes to get by. Winter Coat Drives In northern Michigan this time of year, various organizations are holding winter coat, hat & mitten drives for people […] Read more…
Instructing the Ignorant {Giving & Gratitude for Kids} #30DayGive
At first glance, instructing the ignorant seemed like the hardest of the works of mercy for children to do. Once I thought about HOW kids operate, it wasn’t as hard as I had thought. Giving and Gratitude (for kids) comes naturally. How many times have you witnessed two brothers huddled together as one […] Read more…
Feed the Hungry {Giving & Gratitude for Kids} #30DayGive
For the next few days, we are going to be working on a corporal work of mercy as part of our Giving & Gratitude for Kids series — feed the hungry. Food Pantries With the holiday’s coming, food pantries and other organizations are looking for donations to the food pantries and the grocery stores are […] Read more…
Pray for the Living & the Dead {Giving & Gratitude for Kids} #30DayGive
Today, I am going to start a series of 10 posts (God-willing) about cultivating a spirit of giving & gratitude for kids. And let’s face it, it wouldn’t hurt me to think about it myself so these posts will also be my guides during the 30-Day Giving Challenge. In the Catholic faith, yesterday was […] Read more…
30 Day Giving Challenge – Final Thoughts
Well, the 30 day giving challenge is over. I wish I could say I did something giving every single day, but I didn’t. I wish I could say that it was always well received, but it wasn’t. I did learn a lot though. I found that God truly does provide. I have a stinginess problem […] Read more…
30 Day Giving Challenge – Week 4
More growing opportunities this week! I sent out a donation, gave some money to a Salvation Army bell ringer, did some things for my grandmother on Thanksgiving, and a few other things that aren’t coming to mind right now. I’m SURE that I did better this week than last. I had an interesting thing happen […] Read more…
30 Day Giving Challenge – Week 3
Well, I wish I had done better this week. I was almost going to skip writing this post and hoping no one would notice because I couldn’t think of a single thing I had done. Then I remembered two. First, I gave one of my awesome prizes to my sister-in-law when they were visiting with […] Read more…
30 Day Giving Challenge Update
Well, I’m pretty sure that I didn’t do something concrete each day this week though I definitely TRIED to keep it at the front of my mind. This week, I made a phone call to a friend (I HATE talking on the phone–a leftover from phone customer service days with ye olde cable co), gave […] Read more…
30 Day Giving Challenge – Week 1
Well, the first week of the 30 day giving challenge is over. I was kind of stretched and so excited that I wanted to do it all at once and then petered out as the week went on. Isn’t THAT the story of my life! On Sunday, I did several things. I got my home […] Read more…
30-Day Giving Challenge
I first heard about the 30-Day Giving Challenge on Twitter from @mommysnacks. @KingdomFirstMom is hosting it and essentially, the idea is that you write down everytime you feel called to give or do more than you would otherwise do or WANT to do. Also keep track of all that you RECEIVE! Odds are, you will […] Read more…