Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
Being in control is almost seen as a virtue in our culture. The perfect woman is portrayed as influential, assertive, mouthy and equal, if not equal-er, to men. In short, women are encouraged to call the shots, be a driver, and end up on top. …
Today I am over at Kara’s blog with part 2 of our “Raising Thriving Children” series. Yesterday we talked about raising a Fully Thriving Child. In today’s post, “The Home Life of A Fully Thriving Child“, I’m sharing what a normal, healthy home environment looks …
Today, I am guest posting at my friend Kara’s blog. She is on her way to a blogging conference, so I am posting for her today and tomorrow. 🙂 The topic of conversation? Raising a Fully Thriving Child. What does the end result look like? …
This is an easy to make, Jane Austen Era dress up bonnet for you to make for your little girl. This past week, we were working on an activity for our teen youth group and we needed a Jane Austen-y costume. Emily and I came …
There are several questions that were never asked before the Fall. Adam and Eve never wondered why they were created. They never wondered who was to be central in their thoughts and hearts. They never searched for something that could give life meaning. And they …
Burnout, auto-pilot, going through the motions, grit-your-teeth-and-take-the- next-step-by-sheer-willpower. These are all “states” that we can get into in our Christian walk. To be honest, it is easier to keep going in this miserable state than to stop and self evaluate. It is always easier to …
This weekend I attended the GLAM conference at the Wilds of New England with my teen girls. The speakers for the weekend were Reba Bowman and Lisa Potter from Dare For More Ministries who travel the country speaking especially to teen girls and their moms. …
I have seen a lot of parenting, good, bad and ugly in twenty years of youth ministry alongside of Peter. I have grieved over the callous ways moms speak to their kids, and I have observed as a bystander, the child’s head hanging a little …
Making choices about our children are some of the toughest we as Christian women make. We rack our brains, gather all kinds of material–in short, we do our homework to determine the best way to feed, raise, discipline and educate our kids. We receive unsolicited …
Forgive me if things are a little slow around here this week. We are busy getting ready for our new school year and are savoring our last days of summer before Rebekah goes back to college. “Life is like a vapor” is a saying I …