Why She Acts the Way She Does

The girl rushed past us in the hall. We had just finished a character lesson in her class moments before, so I wondered why she was so upset.  Then I recalled an incident during the lesson when she had started to say something and didn’t get to finish. Could that have...

Walmart Greeter

He was just sitting there. He had a slight smile on his face. Something inside me told me to go talk to him. But I was at Walmart! I was there to shop, not witness. He was an employee, in charge of checking receipts. His name tag said “Doug.” I walked toward him, so...

Praise Really Works

At one of our Bible clubs we have seventeen little boys on our small group. That’s crazy! Every week we get more children. The kids are awesome, but one of the boys would not behave. Every week we had to give him disciplinary checks, and my teaching partner and I...

Character Based Correction

When I agreed to tutor several third grade girls for an hour at school I had no idea what I was getting myself into. During our time together they had a terrible time listening to instructions, and there was an undercurrent of anger in the words that they spoke to one...

What Character Looks Like In Real Life

It was our toughest class at this school. Even though the lesson started off well, I could sense tension in the room, like we were just barely holding their attention. Suddenly, without any warning, one of the kids sprang to his feet in a panic attack and bolted...