Mathew Panattoni

“Pick a leaf off a plant and show it to your children. Ask them what it is and what it tells us. Draw them out for a short while. Hold the leaf in your fingers and say, “One little leaf is all we need to know that God is real. Paul tells us in the book of Romans that everyone can see God’s power and knows that he is real by looking at the things God made. Every plant leaf is made up of millions of cells that use sunlight and water to make sugar for the plant to use for food! This week you will learn about God’s marvelous creation.”
― Marty Machowski, Long Story Short: Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God

“Is the world of success so different from the world of the soul that I simply have to live with this split personality and hope that God is okay with this kind of “average” life?”
― Robert A. Fryling, The Leadership Ellipse: Shaping How We Lead by Who We Are

“Every time we replace anger with empathy and caring, we help a child become better prepared to make wise decisions.”
― Jim Fay, Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood

“For instance, prayer is a wall that keeps us in a right relationship with God, community keeps us in a right relationship with others of faith, and rest keeps us in a right relationship with ourselves.”
― Robert A. Fryling, The Leadership Ellipse: Shaping How We Lead by Who We Are