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Riding the Spiritual Scooter My kids like to scooter. They zoom through the neighborhood, jumping curbs and coasting down driveways. One foot pushes like mad, while the other stands rock steady and enjoys the ride. When they scooter, their feet have two different perspectives. One pounds the pavement and propels them forward. The other foot…

Lois Lowry’s Gossamer explores the realm of dreams and nightmares, the dream-givers and the Sinisteeds, and good and evil. Lowry weaves a story of an unlikely pair of humans and the little dream-giver Gossamer who will aid in healing their hearts.

Zuno saw a bunny in the park when we ran today and he has chosen The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown. Hug your little bunnies tight and reassure them that, like Mother Bunny, you would go to the ends of the earth just for them.

What’s in Your Closet? T-shirts, Under-Armour, designer jeans, sneakers, or flip-flops, clothes tell you a lot about a person. Are they an athlete or a fashion diva? What is their favorite color? Is everything new or do they have a favorite pair of jeans that are older than their little sister? Just as our closets…

J. R. R. Tolkien’s Hobbit is Bilbo’s story and the prelude to The Lord of the Rings. Gandalf chooses Bilbo to complete a party of dwarves, making their number 14 and not the unlucky 13, as they head for the Lonely Mountain to face the dragon, Smaug. Along the way, Bilbo encounters a gruesome creature…

Zuno is ready for a summer vacation and he wants to go to Japan with Yoko. Join Zuno in reading Yoko’s Paper Cranes by Rosemary Wells. Try some origami for a new summer activity. Zuno likes the origami frogs that really hop.

In Heaven, Praise is 24/7 Pop? Rap? Contemporary Christian? Where does your radio dial sit? In my family, depending on whose car you are in, the radio dial turns from sports to light rock to talk radio to Christian praise music. I think if God had a radio, He’d tune into praise and worship. Check…

Gregor the Overlander is the first book in Suzanne Collins’s The Underland Chronicles. Less edgy than her more recent The Hunger Games, The Underland Chronicles also look at the subjects of war, peace, and how to get along. These novels are suited for elementary school aged readers. The Hunger Games series is more appropriate for…

Zuno’s pick is Gene Zion’s Harry and the Lady Next Door. Harry’s next door neighbor sings opera. She sings high and she sings loud. What’s a dog to do? What would you do?

KO’d by Jesus “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” Some of you have been singing that song for as long as you can remember. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus—you know the name, have heard the stories, and could probably lead your own VBS class this summer. Isn’t there anything new? Always!…