In a week’s time around this hopping little spot of cyberspace, I typically receive quite a few emails from readers. Many of them are prayer requests. Some of them are requests to speak or write articles. Last week, two of them were readers who wrote specifically to thank me. Yes,…
Friday snuck up on me! I’m editing this post to remind the Bible Challenge readers to check in so we can keep each other encouraged! (Sorry, lost my blogging mind last night for a few. It happens. 😉 ) Today I’m giving you my top Christian books for dads. When…
Suburban living has its perks, no doubt, but I lived my life from birth to age 17 in a house on the hillside. The country town where I grew up has a population of about 2,000, including the suburbs. Only there they aren’t called “suburbs.” They’re called “hollers.” That means…
Hey there! I’m giving a special Happy Birthday greeting to my awesome husband, Matt, today! I won’t tell you how young he is, but he sure deserves a TON of applause for being the incredible father, husband, worker and singer that he is. And that’s just the beginning. Happy Birthday,…
Today I’m excited to give you a simple Bible study guide for any chapter of the Bible. When reading through the Bible in larger segments as we are doing in the Bible Reading Challenge for this year, it can feel like too much to study the Bible in depth or…
A Prayer for Our Nation Father in Heaven, We, the people, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, desperately need You. Oh that we would leave our ways of seeking to be blessed and instead seek to bless others. We beg for Your guidance and…
Today I wanted to give you 7 Ways to Pray for Your Husband for 7 Days to follow up with some of the most popular posts on the blog, listed at the bottom of this post. There are certain times of day in our family’s schedule that praying for my…
Hey there! What is summer for around your house? Yesterday I gave you The Summer Creed for Parenting and outlined what I really want to remember this summer. I hope you took the challenge and came up with your own! And while summer is about laziness, the pool, marshmallows…
Hey there! I’m still in a summer preparation mode and I don’t know about you, but while I love summer tremendously, I do have to change my mode of thinking a bit. I need to relax, take a deep breath, and realize that the somewhat organized, halfway orderly house I…
Each year for almost all of mine and my awesome husband’s 13 year marriage, we have made it a point to have an annual getaway without the children. One year I was 38 weeks pregnant on our anniversary, so we didn’t schedule it that particular year, but we typically schedule…
With a schedule change in close proximity for many of us, today I was thinking about how often I hear people say: “Wow, you must be busy.” Or “I am just too busy.” Or “We are just too busy for that.” And I really don’t want to use the excuse…
Today I’ve been preparing for summer break with calendaring, activities, and daily schedule (or lack thereof). And I’m so excited to bring to you this summer Bible Reading plan for children! This plan covers the book of John and is designed for 3rd through 6th graders. If your child is…
