Gardening and Landscaping In my previous post, I concluded the discussion about connecting technology-obsessed children to God's world by encouraging your children to share their gifts with others. If you recall from my blog, technology-obsessed children want to get their hands on things. They are very often kinesthetic learners. One of the examples that I talked about in my blog for these children was gardening and landscaping. This is an idea that gives these kids lots of opportunities to...

Joy in Meeting Needs In my previous post, I discussed ways to engage your child's gifting with examples from God's word about designing before building. Encouraging your children to share their gifts with others can lead to a lifetime of joyfulness! One of the things I’ve learned about children with a technical bent is they can be exceedingly generous if they are nudged in that direction. There is a natural desire to keep a creation they’ve made for themselves, especially when making that...

Skilled with Tools In my previous post, I discussed how to encourage your child to design before building. Now, let's discuss some examples from God's word about designing before building. Hiram’s Tradecraft was used to build the temple, 1 Kings 7: 13 And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in...