Salvation Army Camp — Homelani
OUR MISSION STATEMENTCamp Homelani exists to create a Christian environment where people can be challenged to have a life changing experience.Male and female bathrooms are separate from cabins, but located...
It’s Your Birthday
SUPPLIES: CD, radio or tape playerTHE GAME: Say to the group, "Pretend today is your birthday and everyone here is a guest at your party! To make sure everyone feels welcome, introduce as many people to each ot...
When the Patient Says, ‘Don’t Tell Mom’
Some years ago, in the candor of the exam room, a seventh-grade boy told me that he didn’t really have friends at school, and that he sometimes found himself being picked on. I gave him the pediatric line...
Study Follows Self-Embedding Disorder
Perhaps you've heard of "cutting," in which troubled teens hurt themselves by cutting or burning their skin or deliberately breaking one of their bones. Well, some teens are taking cutting a step further by le...
Poverty’s Effect on Children’s Brains
A new study finds that certain brain functions of some low-income 9- and 10-year-olds pale in comparison with those of wealthy children and that the difference is almost equivalent to the damage from a stroke. ...
Biohazard for Christmas
A study posted on HealthyToys.org last week tested about 1,500 toys for toxins. About a third registered significant hazards, with lead in 20 percent. Even zealous parents got a shock: Some items from manu...
The Teasing Gap
A few years ago, my daughters and I were searching for sand crabs on a white-sand beach near Monterey. A group of sixth graders descended on us, clad in the blue trousers and pressed white shirts of their paroc...
Colleges Plead Poverty to Parents in Economic Crisis
We can now add colleges and universities to the list of victims of the financial crisis. The stock-market collapse has badly eroded endowments, forcing schools to suspend capital projects, freeze hiring, rethin...
Rush of Fools
It’s been another incredibly successful year for the premiere progressive worship band, Rush Of Fools. Since bursting onto the Christian music scene in 2007 with their self-titled debut on Midas Reco...