Candy Gibbs

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Tag: Candy Gibbs Parenting

Counter Culture

November 8, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

  “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.  A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord[a]; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.[b] 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the…


Your compass isn’t broken

November 6, 2018 • Parenting, Speaking, Teens

“Just because you’re lost, doesn’t mean you say your compass is broken.” The Edge My, has this statement been rolling over and over in my heart and mind. This is the perfect picture of our culture in general. We are…


Mother’s Love

November 2, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

Very few things have I seen in my lifetime more intense, more self-less, more overwhelming, more painful, more fulfilling, more frightening, more exhilarating and more true than the love of a mother.  Mothers demonstrate in a tangible way every day…


Coming to the Rescue

October 26, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

Busy families require parents to be organized and often times have a routine.  My routine each day starts with a quiet time.  On a good day, exercise followed by a shower and quickly rounded off with coffee…all before the day…


Color Your World

October 24, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

I was going over in my mind this afternoon what topic I would blog about today and settled on the title of … “I’m a Bad Mom”.   I was going to talk about how even though we all strive to…


Closure

October 18, 2018 • Parenting, Speaking, Teens

Closure can be such a difficult thing.  Letting go of something to reach for something different in my estimation is one of the most vulnerable places I have experienced.  In my life, I can think of a few different seasons…


Choose Peace

October 16, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

 “…As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 Our homes should be places of peace and refuge.  Learn to fight for peace in your home. There is nothing in this life, other than the Lord…


Fall-Top Ten List

September 26, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Speaking

Candy’s Fall Top Ten List: 10. I love that it gets dark earlier, tends to draw the family home. 9. Fall contains my favorite Scentsy fragrances! (Baking smells are the best!) 8. Brown shades of nail polish are classy. 7….


Stand Guard

September 20, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

“Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care.  Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith.  Grace be with…


Confessions of a Goody Two-Shoes

September 18, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

I thought a lot about you guys this weekend…you know, you…you parents who are sometimes called too strict, too involved, too nosey, goody two-shoes…you know “Those Parents”.  I am one of you.  You are one of those parents if other…

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