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My mom
August 10, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain I am writing today on the seventh anniversary of my momma pulling out her chair at the…
Honest Hard Work
August 7, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 Summertime is a crazy time. I know in our home we anticipate sleeping in and the…
The High Places
July 30, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Women's Events
My family and I love the mountains. As a child, my grandparents had a cabin in New Mexico and my favorite thing was to pull into the mountains late on a Friday night. The smell, the stars and knowing that…
He is able
July 24, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens
On a daily basis I see good kids raised in intact homes being swallowed up by peer pressures, poor decisions, our society and sin, and their families being literally thrown into a tail-spin. Often these families wake up and find…
Live. Laugh. Love.
July 10, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting
So what are some of the things we are doing “right”? I asked my friend, Ana Hoeksema, to be thinking about that and she came up with some great thoughts… LIVE: Have you seen those cute wooden signs all over…
Honesty
July 2, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teen Events
Honest – free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere Truth – that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality Honesty is certainly a virtue that is fundamental not only in being a successful person of character, but…
Entrusted
June 28, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting
“And say to Archippus, ‘See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.’” Colossians 4:14 Oh. My. Word. Ladies. I have wept over this. I have shouted over this. I have danced around my house…
Kindness
June 22, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teen Events
Oftentimes we say to our kids, “you should be kind… show her some kindness… can you please be kind to your little brother?” But it is my prayer that we will begin to teach them in practical ways how to…
We cannot multitask our relationships
June 14, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens
We cannot multitask our relationships. I know the non-stop activity of a home with teenagers. There is always something to do, somewhere to be or someone dropping by unexpectedly. We live in a time when the message of the day…
A few of my favorite things…
April 12, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Speaking, Teen Events, Teens, Women's Events
I would have to agree with some of you that now is my favorite stage with my children. I know that teen years appear to be daunting and can seem overwhelming. But believe those of us who are standing on…
