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Kyle Townes

Kyle Townes

Kyle Townes is a speaker, freelance writer, and author of “The Road Less Traveled: Reclaiming Childhood for Christianity.” She is a mom of five who encourages intentional, faith-centered parenting and education. Find her blog at Kidsarecapable.net.

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“Paradox People: Learning to Live the Beatitudes,” by Jonathan Landry Cruse: A Review

Jonathan Landry Cruse’s *”Paradox People: Learning to Live the Beatitudes”* is a fitting title that aims to enhance our understanding of the often-quoted but little-understood opening verses of the Sermon on the Mount. These passages have become so famous that they are known in part even by many […]

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From Dirty Word to Divine Wisdom: How “Discipline” Is Transformed by Redeeming Grace

We are in Lent, and the historic disciplines of the Christian church are being practiced and encouraged all over the world. Fasting and almsgiving, prayer and meditation are all part and parcel of this blessed holy season and have been for nearly two thousand years. […]

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Why Is Our Influence So Small?

What influences our children’s lives the most? As Christian parents we would all like the answer to be that *we* are the main influence in our children’s lives. We know that is how it should be. […]

Losing Our Humanity the Easy Way

Losing Our Humanity the Easy Way

What’s scarier to you: noise or silence? Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury in the 1950s about a society that is filled, not with silence, but with noise—ear buds in the ears or screens in front of the face. That was how everyone—or almost everyone—in the book lived. Little personal reflection, […]

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