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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Posted by Patrick Corkum on April 6, 2010
OK, so yesterday, I did PJ’s personality in pictures. I displayed 6 pictures, but I could not get away with 6 for Mia, there is too much personality to fit in just 6 pictures. So, without further adieu…
Posted by Patrick Corkum on April 5, 2010
On Easter, you know… this past Sunday, you know… the most important religious holiday of the year, you know… resurrection day, we took lots of pictures of the kids. Now I could not resist a series of blog posts with basically just pictures of each kid. Each set is going to be a set that I picked and edited (quickly) to show off each kid’s personality. So, I’ll start with PJ…. You tell me if these get across a story about his personality!
Posted by Patrick Corkum on March 27, 2010
In American society, we are bent on being entertained. It seems as if though we won’t do anything if it is not entertaining to us or in some way leads us to entertainment. It seems to be so much the case, that it has found its way into mainstream Christianity as the norm. I am not saying that there is not a place for it, but it seems to have proliferated to all aspects of the church. The church uses entertainment for all kinds of purposes. People don’t seem to want to go to church unless the “entertainment” factor is good. It is almost as if the measure of a church is how good the band is or how well the pastor preaches. In most Protestant churches, kids get seperated from their parents because the entertainment isn’t geared to them in the “main” service, so they are shuffled off to Sunday School. I dare someone to point to a Middle School or High School ministry that doesn’t have entertainment as a primary focus of reaching and keeping kids coming. This seems also to be one of the primary methods of evangelism <a big word for telling non-believers the Good News (gospel)>.
So, here’s my question. <drum roll please>. Are we okay with this? Is this the what Christianity is about? Is it about God entertaining us? Or, rather, is it about the holiness and awesomeness of God? Are we focusing on the right thing (i.e. what we get out of it)? What do you think?
Posted by Patrick Corkum on March 24, 2010
PJ was 3 at the time. He was so scared to let me cut his hair. Now, I had been cutting my own hair with electric clippers for many years by then (saving hundreds of dollars). It’s a pretty easy haircut, I cut everything the same length and just buzz most of it off. It’s not like you can mess it up and if something went wrong, I would just shave it all off. So, in an effort to rid my son of the fear of getting his hair cut, I made a proposition to him: you cut my hair with the clippers and then I will cut yours. See, I figured if he did this, he would realize that it is not dangerous and that he would come out unscathed, especially if I came out unscathed. So, this is what what did, I got rid of my shirt (hair can be hard to get out of clothes), I sat on a midget sized chair and let my 3 year old cut my hair. It worked too, when he was done, he sat down and I cut his hair. Now, did he do a great job? NO! He missed most of the hair and it was as messed up as it could be. But almost every time either of us have gotten a haircut over the past 4 years, the other one has cut it. He considers it something that is “special” between the two of us. So, last night, he cut my hair again and I shaved my head afterwards (he is getting much better though). I asked him if he was still going to cut my hair when he was 10 and he replied, “I’m going to cut it when I’m 20.” Now, I hope that doesn’t happen, but in the meantime, I found a really cool way to connect with my son that few others have and I am going to enjoy every second of it. Try connecting with your kids in clever ways, it is the kind of thing that they will never forget.
(Like the sunburn on my neck?)