Bible truth is the foundation for the Christian life. The Bible will help you be the mom you long to be, it’ll show you how to have a solid, biblical marriage and it’ll teach you to have the mind of Christ.
Good Housekeeping. Family Circle. Ladies Home Journal. In the days before Pinterest and even the Internet, magazines were my windows to the world. I poured over them for recipes, parenting advice, and the latest decorating and fashion trends. As a young mom I sought refuge in their pages when I was tired, bored, or wanting… Read More
Ninety days. I counted them up on my calendar, carefully circling DAY NUMBER NINETY. I was a young mom and my husband worked overseas. He regularly left my two young daughters and me for 90 days at a time to work in the South China Sea. At the end of 90 days he’d come home… Read More
It’s been years since I’ve ridden this kind of emotional roller coaster. Many years ago my husband worked overseas. I was a young mom, and his three-month absences were almost more than I could bear. I was physically exhausted and emotionally drained even on the good days. From one day to the next (depending on… Read More
I hung a palm branch on my front door this year to mark the remembrance of Palm Sunday. That’s the day Jesus entered Jerusalem on His way to the Cross. On the day He arrived, people waved palm branches and hailed Him as their king. “They took palm branches and went out to meet… Read More
I’m having a bad day . I didn’t expect to. I can’t even put my finger on why today is hard when yesterday wasn’t. “I’m struggling today,” I said to one of my daughters. Yeh. That’s what if feels like today. A struggle. For whatever reason, even though I’m still counting my blessings, today I… Read More
My knee-jerk reaction was NO. On a beautiful, warm, sunshiny day, my granddaughter pleaded with me to roll down my car windows. But why would I want to trade air-conditioned comfort for mugginess, dust, and messy hair? While I paused to think of an excuse that wouldn’t leave me looking like a grumpy grandmother, I… Read More
I’ve had some giants in my life lately. Decisions to make. New opportunities outside my comfort zone. I’ve been afraid more than I like to admit. In fact, I feel a lot like the Israelites in the first chapter of Deuteronomy. After 40 long years in the wilderness, Moses was reminiscing. He was reminding the… Read More
The sound of my breaking bone still rings in my ears. We were ice skating at the end of a family vacation in the mountains. The ice rink was jam-packed with busloads of kids who’d arrived just as we were putting our skates on. One of them darted right in front of me and sent… Read More