Are we Teaching Our Kids its OK to lie?

One thing that happened to my six-year-old neice recently is that some of her first-grader friends told her that God doesn't exist. That we lied to them about other fictional creatures around Christmas and Easter and that we are lying to them about God too. We lied to them that as long as they are good... and we have done the same with what God says to do...

I have started to rethink my theology on raising children. One day soon, I hope to be a mother myself. Will I tell them these fictional characters are real and just hope they can tell the difference between lying to them and telling them about the one true God? I don't know...

Summer is Coming to an End

As summer comes to an end, I am getting a little stressed about the upcoming school year. My lesson plans are finished for two classes, but I still have two more classes to complete.

My classroom needs to be cleaned out, the desks rearranged, the bulletin boards need to be stripped down and decorated, and the shelves need to be cleaned out.

School starts August 21st! Teachers go back August 19th! Keep me in your prayers!

It's that time of year again! What normally is only a once a year event for youth ministers has happened twice in one summer now! At the beginning of summer, we held a five church lock-in at the Plex in Columbia, SC. We only had three students show up.

So, here we go again. Tonight we are having a Lock-In at the church. Wish me luck! Two sleepless nights in one summer! I am getting too old for this!

Calculus Teacher

I am now a Calculus teacher at Jefferson Davis Academy in Blackville, SC. I am so excited because Calculus and Pre-Calculus is one of my favorite sections of mathematics. Geometry is my weakest but I basically taught myself geometry my freshman year of high school and my college geometry was an independent study.

So I have been up to my ears in lesson plans, creating and working on my website

http://www.schoolrack.com/MrsWrightJDA

I am excited! I am nervous! But mostly I am elated that I have finally reached the point in my life where I know God has called me. I am teaching! It has been so hard waiting!

The Best Brownies EVER!

I have recently started cooking for snacks for the youth. Its cheaper for the church and healthier snacks because I can control the ingredients. One nonhealthy but tasty snack I made at the last Chill-In was brownies! Homemade, PERFECTLY sizes wonderful BROWNIES!

The key is baking it in a mini muffin pan! They come out bite sized and perfect. And with the mini muffin pan it takes half the bake time.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso combined with 1 tablespoon warm water
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder (for extra rich brownies, try dark cocoa powder)
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Dark chocolate chips (I used 60% cacao)
• Baking spray (cooking spray with flour for baking)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray mini muffin tin with baking spray.

Combine butter, sugar, espresso mixture, and eggs in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, and beat to combine.

Fill a mini muffin tin with the brownie batter. Place a few chocolate chips in the center of each brownie bite.

Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and allow brownie bites to cool slightly prior to removing from pan.

The Magic of Twitter

Last week I visited my niece and nephew in Columbia for half of a day. At the end of the day while I was preparing to leave, my sister-in-law tells me that Destiny had been sick with a virus and out of school for three days. Guess where I have been since Saturday. Sick. Sick. Sick.

Good things that have come from being sick is that I have had some time off my feet and letting my bruises heal from working so hard last week. The first three days I never moved from the couch; however, as I have started to feel better, I have gotten on the computer more.

On the computer, I decided to see what this TWITTER is all about. And it has become a slight addiction. I have only had one for a little over a day and I have already noticed that it will be hard to NOT do. Especially since I work on the computer alot.

Mommy and Me

It is amazing how I never realized how much I look like my mother. My grandmother and my aunt scanned in about 1000 photos from 1984 and up which contained a majority of me. There were a few of my mom holding me as a child that I posted on my facebook. Some of my friends commented on how much it looked like me holding my baby self. What do YOU think?

I have been away cleaning and working hard in Greenville. It will be great to finally get home and see my husband. I have missed him so much!