There he went. Just like that. With his eyes fixed on the journey before him, he didn’t have time to look back. Confidence and anticipation pushed his feet faster. It…
Faith
Prayer Post-Its
I think one of the most eternal things I do every day happens when I lay my little guy in his crib. At some point with my kids, I began praying for them…
A Back-to-School Prayer
It felt like I received a direct hit to the gut. I opened the long-awaited envelope from my son’s elementary school. The letter revealed the name of his soon-to-be first-grade…
How to Engage the Culture and Hold onto Your Faith
“I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is…
Modeling Lovable
Good gravy! It’s an understatement to say that parenting is challenging today! Knowing how to encourage our kids to hold firmly to a faith that says there IS absolute truth…
How to Encourage Your Child to Read the Bible
One Saturday morning, at the height of mom frustration, I zipped through my house, picking up toys and dirty clothes while trying not to get upset at my lack of…
Back to Memory
I must admit, it’s a little ridiculous how many lines from movies I can recite. And let a DJ start playing 90s R&B, and I’m singing every verse. But…
Assignment: Joy
The assignment was to write about joy. Sure, I can do that. I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, after all. And then I sat down,…
When Mother’s Day Hurts
“Oh, no — May is here,” the woman muttered as she stared at her calendar. “That means Mother’s Day is coming.” She sighed. “It’s the worst day of the year…
Praying With And Talking To Your Kids
In the early days when my girls were in preschool and kindergarten, endless car rides loomed in front of us. Day after day, we repeated the same routine on the…