How you live your life matters for so many reasons. Your kids are watching you. They see the real you – flaws and all. I might be able to convince people over the internet or even in real life that I’m a pretty amazing person, but my kids see the real me. They see me […]
Parenting-Spiritual
Why play is so powerful: Easter edition
Reading and playtime. They are two powerful forces that shape our minds and tug at our hearts. Read great books to your kids and you ignite the imagination. Encourage play and you take that imagination to a whole new level that cements learning into long-term memory. When it comes to the Easter season, I love […]
Learning to Cast our Cares…
Lessons for Him, Lessons for Me… “I just can’t do it,” he shrieked completely losing control of his emotions. What should have been a quick, easy task has ended in a fit of tears. I battle frustration. As I sat talking to this then 6 year old son of mine (so old and yet so very young), […]
Hands-on Discipleship Moments: Ideas for Celebrating the Ascension
” Celebrating Christmas gives us faith; it affirms that our beliefs have roots in the historical fact of the incarnation. Celebrating Easter gives us assurance; it affirms that Christ wiped away our sin by his great sacrifice and triumphed over death. Celebrating the Ascension gives us hope and points us toward transformation; it affirms that […]
Gifts That Inspire Our Children’s Faith
We get to introduce our children to Jesus, friends. Have you paused to think about that lately? On my drive home tonight from speaking to a mom’s group I was struck with the enormity and yet simplicity of this charge. Nothing can have a greater impact in the lives of our children. It is both […]
On the Road to #EndBiblePoverty
We spend a lot of time in our car driving here and there. Being in a large metro area means you get used to driving, I guess. Sometimes it makes the whole idea of “home” schooling seem like a bit of a stretch since so much of our explorations take place out in the great […]