We first discovered this delightful little book a few years back and as a result, we love to party on the first monsoon storm or two of the season! I wrote about our love for it then… Each year now, the boys request that book. We reread it and marvel at the beauty of God’s creativity […]
Intentional Parenting
In this distracted day and age, it is easy to put parenting on auto-pilot. But we can't afford to do that. We need to be actively engaged in preparing this generation by protecting the innocence of childhood while also preparing them to one day head out on their own.
Here are some of my most popular articles on parenting:
Mission-Minded Motherhood series
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
From Cradle Rocking to Cooking
A Wordless Book: Life Made Beautiful…
In talking about wordless books, I wanted to revisit a little book we created that is near and dear to my heart. Making our first ‘heart lesson’ book last spring began a beautiful conversation with my second child which culminated in him turning his dirty heart over to Jesus for a miraculous cleaning a couple of […]
How to Weather a Storm…
Boys gather at the front window, eager for that first glimpse of friends. Excited shrieks announce their arrival as I pour our summer batch of sand into the sandbox in the backyard. Not one but TWO grandma’s approach the front door with my friend Amanda’s children. {Remember Amanda? I asked you all to be […]
Drawing them Into the Word + a GIVEAWAY!
Xander: “Mommy, can I stay up late tonight?” Before I can respond with a negative, he quickly adds, “I’d like to study the Bible with you.” Rich and I can delay our War Horse movie night. How could I say no to such a request??? As you can imagine, we had a wonderful time digging […]
Remembering Sendak
As we read of the passing of Maurice Sendak, it brought back memories of a post that my mom wrote for an old blog of ours and I thought I would repost it. Makes me want to go upstairs right now and check on my sleeping ‘wild things’ – all four of them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imagine-Lit: Where […]
Cultivating Gratitude
Expectations… If you don’t clearly communicate what they are (and add some practice role-playing in for the littles) disaster and disappointment can ensue… I’ve had to chase down a certain 3 year old more times than I care to admit because I didn’t clearly communicate before hand proper etiquette at the park. So I’ve made […]