Parenting
10 Prayers for Your Children
January 4, 2018 • Parenting, Teens
Let’s start 2018 right by committing to pray for our children. Self-Control Lord, I pray that You would help our children to control themselves in their behaviors, thoughts, and motives. God that You would give them the ability to make…
Christmas 2017
December 25, 2017 • Parenting
Merry Christmas! May your day be filled with joy & peace! My love,
Mary
December 21, 2017 • Parenting
I am “one of those people”…I absolutely love the Rocky movies. As I think about Christmas approaching and the hustle and bustle, a line from Rocky comes to mind, “there is no tomorrow.” Rings pretty true in my mind…
Seek Him
December 19, 2017 • Parenting
I love the holidays and I cannot even believe that they are upon us! Time is flying by! I have such fond memories of holidays spent at my Nana’s house with all of my cousins. Those memories, no matter…
Differences Make Life Beautiful
December 15, 2017 • Ministries, Parenting, Women's Events
fem·i·nin·i·ty: the quality of being female; womanliness. mas·cu·lin·i·ty: possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men. Such an interesting debate in our society, and a strange topic for a Christmas blog: gender differences. As I consider the holiday season, my perspective of…
How to Raise Great Children by Jimmy Evans
December 12, 2017 • Parenting
My pastor, Jimmy Evans, recently posted this video on the Marriage Today site. I 100% agree with Pastor Jimmy’s points here: 1—Your marriage should precede children in priority. 2—Unity is essential. Mark 3:25 “If a house is divided against itself,…
Keep Swinging the Bat
December 8, 2017 • Parenting
Dear friends & partners, Merry, merry Christmas to you! As I write you this beautiful morning, I am asking the Lord to slow down time for you this holiday season. I pray the Father would allow you another hour by…
Tree Envy
December 6, 2017 • Parenting
Tree envy. Yep. I have it. Makes me laugh to say it that way. I didn’t actually say it quite like that, Ana did, after I confessed to her that I am feeling slightly embarrassed by my Christmas tree this…
It is not okay.
November 30, 2017 • Parenting
I recently read ANOTHER article about Hollywood, sexual assault, and pornography. But, it’s not just Hollywood or the news offices at Rockefeller Center in New York–it’s here where you and I live. I speak with parents every week who…
Zero Miles Until Empty
November 28, 2017 • Parenting
I don’t know about you, but life can get pretty crazy on our small piece of planet earth. We run hard and fast from sun up to sun down…almost always doing worthwhile things…but running nonetheless. A few years ago…
