Aging Out
Aging Out by Alton Carter Publisher: The RoadRunner Press Hardcover $18.95, Paperback $15.00 Now the director of youth ministries for the First United Methodist Church of Stillwater, Oklahoma, the Oklahoma State University alum has [...]
Train up a Child—A Prayer
March 3, 2016 Harold Shank With appreciation to Character First Dear Lord, We address you as our teacher. You have instructed us in the ways of righteousness and justice. You have told us right from wrong, the difference between [...]
A Prayer for Children from Mark 10
Mark 10:13-15 13 And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come [...]
Prayer for the Vulnerable
Inspired by Deuteronomy 10:12-22 Dear God of gods and Lord of lords. We know we humans make many gods. We make them of stone and we make them of money. But we confess that of all the gods we [...]
Hour of Power
Thank you for telling us the truth that children can be taught. We regularly witness the newborns learning to speak, children mastering language, youngsters being trained to read, the young instructed on how to live and behave. We ask [...]
Equal Opportunity Destroyer
Booth Goodwin, most recently the Federal Attorney for Southern West Virginia, came to Ohio Valley University to speak with students. During the visit he met with a local drug free coalition where I serve on the board. He reports [...]
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” My sons heard that question all the time. So did I when I was a teenager. One day after I stuttered a quick answer, my father just said, “Make sure [...]
Let the Little Children Come to Me
A few years ago while in a class at a Christian college lectureship, Dan Cooper asked us, “How many of you became Christians before the age of twenty?” About ninety per cent of the one hundred Christian leaders raised [...]
Remembrance: Carol Lee
Carol had a 41-year career helping children as a House Parent at Tipton Children's Home, Director at Georgia Christian Home, Southern Christian Home and Cherokee Home for Children. Carol and his wife Sharon have touched many lives for Christ [...]
Southern Christian Children’s Home
Our mission is to glorify God by providing an environment where residents are given training and instruction in Christ-centered values, by helping to strengthen families, and by being faithful stewards of the human and material resources provided by Him. [...]