The Importance of Dating Your Spouse
Picture it with me. It’s the beginning of a new month, and we are all looking around wondering how last month is already over. Just today, you have taken one […]
Breathe
Looking at the calendar this week that is full of work meetings, social engagements, and church volunteer opportunities would give anyone else not in our daily life anxiety, but in […]
5 Ways to Slow Life Down with Your Kids
When given this creative outlet to share about life as a wife, mother, and woman of God, I was extremely excited and honored. Thirty years as a wife and twenty-six as […]
Still Small Voice
Since having kids 12+ years ago, I have learned (sometimes very stubbornly) that the Lord often uses our mundane, everyday moments with our children to speak to us. We think […]
The Journey of Sanctification
Ill-equipped. That’s how I feel most days as I tackle the small people running around my house. (I’m not physically tackling them, of course, though they’ve physically tackled me a […]
Don’t Sacrifice Your Nougat
A guilty pleasure is described as an activity that someone enjoys but would be embarrassed by if other people found out. We all have one – for me it’s a candy […]
When You Follow the Peace into the Impossible: An Adoption Story
Four years ago, I began a journey that would forever change my life. After a year of procrastinating, going through training, filling out paperwork, getting my home ready, and more […]
The “Why?” behind the “What?”
I will never forget the day. My husband and I had planted a church in 2013, and we were about 4 years into this calling on our lives. We had […]
They Need You, Sir
It can be incredibly difficult to raise godly children in the current environment of popular culture. You can’t really get away from it unless you truly live off the grid, […]
3 Strategies to Creating the Family Culture God Intended
As parents, repeating yourself to children can become exhausting! We restate directions, chore lists, where to find shoes, how to brush our teeth, and why we have specific values and […]