How to Protect Your Children From Predators: 4 Key Tips for Parents
Summer’s winding down, and the kids are back in school: new teachers, new coaches, new slumber parties. But with all the excitement, there can actually be…
Author: Janel Breitenstein
Janel Breitenstein graduated summa cum laude from John Brown University and began her career with NavPress, where she worked on The Message Bible. After having four children she resumed her professional career (around her momlife) by serving as a writer for FamilyLife. Personal loans. In January of 2012 Janel and her husband, John, packed up their family of six and moved to Uganda to serve with Engineering Ministries International (eMi), an organization that focuses on poverty relief and development, providing structural design and construction management for Christian organizations in the third world. Join us as we all learn first hand, through Janel’s posts, what it’s like to go from suburban America, to answer God’s call in Africa!
agenerousgrace.com | @JanelBreit
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12 Ideas for Coping When Dad is Out of Town
My husband’s gone this week. Thankfully, it doesn’t happen very often. With the morning I was having when he left, I was in tears by the time he hit the interstate. We…
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Sex After Kids — 11 Not-So-Quickie Ideas
I remember reading a chapter title in the book Intimate Issues that I now completely relate to: “How do I make love with children wrapped around…
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53 Great Examples of Imaginative Play Activities for Kids
Are you looking for a great way to keep your kids busy and help them learn imaginative play? We’re sharing over 50 fun role-playing games…
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41 Best Story Books With Moral Values
Are you looking for great story books with moral values to inspire your kids? This list highlights some of the very best children’s books that…
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Letter to a Tired New Mom
To a weary woman— Does your time to read blog posts feel expensive right now? Maybe you’re reading this with a bottle in your hand…
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Disappointed? Don’t Be God Has a Plan
This week my heart had a small version of what many of you experience on a much larger scale. I carted my adorable (there is…
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How to Help Kids Deal With Their Fears
I heard her sniffing before I saw the moist strokes left by tears on her cheeks. “I’m just scared,” she sobbed. My daughter was headed…
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To the Christian Feeling Overwhelmed by the News
Anyone else find themselves avoiding headlines lately?! Sometimes I’m not sure whether to scream or just put my head in my hands. Sometimes I wonder…
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Mom Thoughts on Grace
I’ve been thinking about grace lately—the biblical kind—but also how that grace translates into my interactions with people—my kids and husband included. The words of…
