Help us Tackle Bullying from a Christian Perspective! We are excited for the release of the second book in the GiggleHeart Adventures Series, "Super Luke Faces His Bully."

RT @MarshaSpicer: Prov 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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Which CHRISTIAN book will your kids be caught reading this summer? http://ow.ly/1AUd3

Summer Reading can be FUN! http://ping.fm/bxHZL

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Christian Response to Bullying

Bullies are everywhere. According to ACT, "from a Biblical Christian viewpoint, bullies should:

1. acknowledge their sin
2. repent
3. ask for help
4. mend their ways

In this interesting article on Bullying, Rupert Kaye applies the parable of the Good Samaritan to the issue of bullying.

I can honestly say, that I had never quite thought about the parable of the Good Samaritan in that way before. To read about this application, please go to the following article:

A Christian Response to Bullying

Please feel free to share any advice you may have for Christian parents regarding bullying!

What is Bullying?

As you may know, the second book in the GiggleHeart Adventures series will be coming out soon. This book has a light-hearted tone, but it discusses the serious topic of Bullying. As a Christian parent, how do you handle bullying?

Found this great article from crosswalk.com......it is definitely worth reading!

Bullying Defined, Christian Parenting and Family

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Thank You GiggleHeart Readers!

We are so grateful for all of our fans! We appreciate your feedback, and we want to send out a big thank you!
"A Heart Ready to Fly!" is the debut book in the GiggleHeart Adventures. It is a refreshing, fun, and educational Christian book for children and hearts of all ages!

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Bullies

Were you bullied as a child? Is your child being bullied right now?

What tips do you have for parents with children that are being bullied right now?

I came across this great article from Christian-Parents.com

S.T.O.P. Bullying!

The GiggleHeart Adventures has a great Christian book coming out this summer about bullies!!

What's for dinner?

"About 25,000 people die each day of hunger or related causes..." (Stearns, R., The Hole in our Gospel, p. 135)

What are you making for dinner tonight? What if you had to choose which one of your kids to feed tonight? How would you choose?

How can your family make a difference?

Here are some inspiring books and stories of KIDS HELPING KIDS that I found online today:

Tyler and his Pig Project

A Thousand Small Sparrows

Hoops for Hope

Growing Compassionate Kids

AllstarKids

Faith in Action

Lifeline Christian Mission

Today is the Day! Put your faith into action! Teach your kids to reflect God's Love today!

Please feel free to share your story here!

Do your kids get an allowance?

I would suggest reading this article by Tamiko Nicholson. It provides a lot of good suggestions and guidelines!

Christian Parenting and Kids' Allowance

Teaching Children to be Good with Money

Read more at Suite101: Christian Parenting and Kids' Allowance: Teaching Children to be Good with Money http://christian-parenting.suite101.com/article.cfm/christian_parenting_and_kids_allowance#ixzz0d4NNN1gx

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BlogCritics Book Review: A Heart Ready to Fly!

Check out the latest review for "A Heart Ready to Fly!" We love new feedback.....good, bad, and even mucus-covered!! Thanks for the great review Jennifer Bogart!

Book Review: A Heart Ready to Fly! (GiggleHeart Adventures #1) by Jackie Chirco Cogswell, Illustrated by Shelley Johannes - Books - Blogcritics

Extreme Attitude Makeover

Extreme Attitude Makeover on Vimeo by Jackie Chirco Cogswell
Originally uploaded by GiggleHeartAdventures

Have you broken your New Year's Resolution yet? How is your family's attitude doing so far in 2010? Do you have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, and self-control?

Watch this quick video for a fun way for your family to grow closer to God in 2010!

What are your spiritual gifts?

What kind of spiritual gifts do you have? Are you using your spiritual gifts to glorify God and to build up His Kingdom?

Read this excerpt from a letter written by author, Jackie Chrico Cogswell:

I’m a physician who laid my stethoscope on the altar in 2004; only God could have convinced me to do that. At the time, I was suffering from a serious case of “Bible Deficiency!” As a result my life was a mess and I was about to head down a destructive path. Just in time the Lord called me to have my third child and to leave a medical practice I enjoyed working in. I thought I was putting my career on hold to raise my children. Little did I know, during my “maternity leave,” the Holy Spirit would use CBS to perform heart surgery on me with His Word.

During the fall of 2005, The Lord led me to join the Oakland Twp, Michigan CBS. The topic for that year was the Book of Acts. Reading about the power of the Holy Spirit stirred up in me an enormous thirst for the Word. Psalm 63:1 “…earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You…” The Holy Spirit even reached through me and stirred up a thirst for His Word in my husband and children. My husband now takes a Bible with him wherever he goes. The Lord has been working on cleaning up my family ever sinceJ.

While attending lectures and core discussions, the Lord kept convicting me. As I repented, He kept scooping out bad soil from my heart. Then, the power of the Holy Spirit began to illuminate my imagination. If God’s creative thoughts could be compared to fireworks, my first year at CBS was like the Fourth of July. I felt a strong nudge to write these ideas down. Soon I realized that the Lord was giving me fun ideas to write a series of Christian children’s novels, called the Giggleheart Adventures. These books show kids of all ages that God will make their hearts giggle with His joy when they confess and repent. It is amazing that writing used to annoy me; now the Lord has made it my passion.

Lessons from a Child

I came across a story this morning on MomSense, and I thought I would share it with you. We can learn so much from kids! What have you learned from a child? I would love to hear your story, too!

Jesus Loves Me
A toddler makes a profound connection to the cross of Jesus.
By Ginny Mooney Withrow

Recently in need of relaxation, I made a warm cup of tea and sat down to enjoy it for maybe ten seconds. "Mommy, peese have some?" my toddler said in her developing and endearing diction. I offered the irresistible little imp a sip of my warm, savory, long-awaited cup of tea—only to have her decide it really wasn't her "cup of tea" and spit it right back into mine.

I'm sure every mother could relate a similar tale of exasperation. But for as many times as our precious little ones exasperate us, there are those moments when children do something so beautiful, so magical, so perfectly "other" that it pierces right through the ordinary chaos of the day and strikes us right in the heart.

I had such a moment with my tea-spitting toddler. Though Azalea has been fascinated with my jewelry for quite some time, she had never worn any of her own. I decided she was now old enough to try on some of her jewelry. So I took out the two little necklaces she had been given for her second birthday.

One necklace is a delicate silver rope with a dangling heart-shaped locket. The other one is a beautiful gold cross. I opened the box with the locket first and showed it to her.

"Heart," she said.

"Right," I encouraged her.

Next I lifted out the necklace with the cross and held it up. She looked at the tiny gold image intently but didn't seem quite sure what to make of it. Though she has lots of books about Jesus, most of them tell stories of his healings and miracles in child-friendly language. Few try to tackle the cross in toddler-talk. So I held the necklace up and said simply, "That's Jesus' cross."

A few hours later as we were getting ready to go out, she asked to wear her necklaces—both at the same time, of course. So I picked up the chain with the locket and put it on her. Then I took out the gold cross. She pointed eagerly to the dangling icon and said with great conviction, "Look Mommy. It's a Jesus lumme!" Which translated is, "It's a Jesus loves me!"

How perfect. How beautiful. How true.

Somehow my daughter's mind made the connection between the name "Jesus" and the words from one of her favorite songs, "Jesus loves me, this I know." However she arrived at her word choice, what better description of the cross could there be? The sign of eternal love. The proof we all need that Jesus truly does love us.

Now, whenever we drive anywhere, my daughter inevitably spots a church with a cross on the top of the steeple. And I know each time exactly what she's going to say. And each time my heart echoes the words along with her. "Look Mommy! It's a Jesus lumme."

Ginny Mooney Withrow lives in Falls Church, Virginia, with her husband, Jason, and two children, Azalea, 2, and Asher, 7 months. She enjoys writing for various ministries and also produces an occasional piece for television.

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Top Ten Christian Parenting Websites

While searching for some information online about Christian parenting, I came across this great resource.

http://ministry-to-children.com/christian-parenting-websites/

This website provides you with links to the Top Ten Christian Parenting Websites. Lots of great information all in one spot!

Well done! Thanks for creating this website!