Nov 14, 2018 | Celebrations
What is your biggest Thanksgiving challenge? For us it’s deciding where to eat — not with which relatives, but which restaurants. The question came up one year when my kids were very young, my husband was on the road, and everyone else was engaged elsewhere. How...
Nov 8, 2018 | Purpose, Spiritual Life
How is adoption the perfect picture of God’s love? Three ordinary women share how they have been touched by adoption’s remarkable story — and what that story means for you. In this podcast* we will discover: How to bust myths and misconceptions...
Oct 22, 2018 | Busy Families; Active Kids, Challenges
There is nothing like the hurt we feel when our children get hurt. Is it any wonder we want to make the hurt go away as quickly as possible? Maybe that’s the reason for our “kiss it and make it better” instinct. This response is the time-honored cure for skinned knees...
Aug 28, 2018 | Challenges
I’ve determined that difficult people are like the poor. We will have them “always with us.” Fair enough. Just so long as they’re not near me. I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping a safe distance from difficult people. One of the perks of...
Jan 10, 2017 | Celebrations
I’m going to do a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun! Don’t you see it? -Isaiah 43:19 On New Year’s Day, I turned over a new leaf—literally. I had been reading from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest, a collection of short devotionals for each day of...
