I’m not a big gardener, but I grew up watching a vital truth unfold as my mother poured effort into her garden day after day, seeing no visible results at…
Tweens & Teens
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…
The Working Mom When Something’s Not Working: What Do We Do?
As I was writing and researching the Life Ready Woman Bible Study, one of the truths that most impacted me was just how much we modern women have bought into…
Relationships That Tell the Truth
“How are you?” I tilted my head and looked in her eyes. “Fine,” she nodded. But then the up-and-down of her head shifted to side-to-side. “Actually, I’m not.” My friend…
What the Church Often Gets Wrong About Sex
I recently gave you an oh-so-gentle nudge to talk to your kids about sex. And not just once, but repeatedly, weaving it into your conversations whenever appropriate. Because “talking…
A Good Prayer
We moms have a zillion concerns for our kids. It doesn’t take long to discover that we as parents need all the help we can get. But an interesting transition…
Dreading the Sex Talk With Your Kids? Read This.
What is the #1 conversation that most parents dread having with their kids? It cuts across political affiliations, religious backgrounds, and even the age of the kids or parents….
Lean Into the Struggle
As a mom of five kids, I’m a master at teaching children to ride their bikes without training wheels. The teaching situation has always consisted of a wildly excited yet…
Madness: Raising Teens
Although I’ve raised two daughters to adulthood and know parenting teens can be a job, it never ceases to amaze me that parenting teens is also downright hard. Now…
Dethroning the Drama Queen
Allow me to begin with a disclaimer: I am new to parenting a teen daughter. I do not claim to be an expert but rather a newcomer sharing what worked…