Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
Life is like a race. I know it feels like an uphill battle sometimes with its busyness and pressures, but one truth that helps me to run patiently is the realization that I have a customized race, perfectly designed by my loving Heavenly Father for …
I love trying to save money, playing the CVS game, and have been inspired anew after reading Crystal Paine’s book Say Goodbye to Survival Mode. (I loved Crystal’s story, by the way. Practical, inspiring and manageable.) I had a thought. Not a deep one, mind you. …
You may have noticed that I was MIA last week. Here’s why: last week, we were in Puerto Rico for the Ocean Spray Convention. It was gorgeous, sunny and a warm 85 degrees. We ate the most delicious rice cooked in coconut milk with chunks …
There’s a lot of talk about Lent online and while I don’t observe Lent, I like the idea of focusing on the Lord in a concentrated way. One blogger noted that God doesn’t call us to give up coffee, He calls us to present our …
Peter is teaching a series to our teen youth group about loving others well by working well. He presented an interesting concept about life vocations that I immediately thought would benefit moms of little ones. He was warning the teens not to be all consumed …
We censor our kids’ reading and viewing materials. There, I said it. Yesterday I wrote about giving Matt a book to read in High School that contains some foul language. We don’t typically read books with foul language in them because we become what we …
Sharing some of my favorites. The stuff I like almost as much as cupcakes. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Books I’m loving now: A Woman’s Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to EverythingAlways thankful for Lydia Brownback’s solid teaching. E.M. Bounds …
Whatever we find our delight in and believe will make up happy, we’ll pursue and follow. We’re all following something or someone. We follow this person on Pinterest or that person on Twitter. We spend time finding out what they like and think. We follow what …
The other day I told you all my thoughts about Money Saving Moms Book Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life and how much I enjoyed it. (See my review of it here) I really …
In the scheme of things, you’re unknown. You don’t have a social media following, a blog, a cable network, or conference named after you. You’re a small town pastor. You’re the one who welcomed us with smiles to Sunday School. You’re the one who …