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“ At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”  He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.   And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children , you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.   Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.   And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.   “If anyone causes one of...

Genesis 39 “Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.   The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.   When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did,   Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his...

A few years ago I read an article about a book by Erica Commissar about the importance of a mother for her infant child. I’ve always been told that the mother’s touch was essential for a child to develop and that some children actually die if they are not caressed, touched and loved.  But this book argues that the mom’s intimate presence with the baby is quite important for the first three years of the child’s development, in a way a man or father could never equal.  I never heard that...