Supporting adoption doesn't necessarily require a family to adopt. Supporting adoptive families is a great way to get involved. Adoption is an important part of God’s heart.After all, it’s what He desires for all of us—that we, who were once lost to Him, will become daughters and sons.There is something miraculously beautiful about taking those who were not family and drawing them ... continue reading...
Faith
A Legitimate Bible Study for Women with Small Children
When you have small children, it is such a challenge to find quiet moments to be with God. This is a legitimate Bible study in this season.She stopped by to loan me a backpack and I immediately felt a remembering empathy with her, as she ... continue reading...
How to Shine Brightly in a Dark World
It's dark out there.I'm not a pessimist or doomsayer. I'm grateful to be alive in this day and age.But there's no denying that today's world is a dark place. I doubt you even need examples. More than likely, you're already depressed by a ... continue reading...
Marriage
When You and Your Husband Grieve Loss Differently
“The doctor says my dad doesn’t have much time left,” my husband Ted informed me.A year earlier, my father-in-law was diagnosed with a brain tumor. While treatments slowed the growth of it for a while, in the last month or two he’d declined ... continue reading...
25 Things It Takes To Make It to 25 Years
Based on the reaction, you'd think I'd done something really great.Written a best-selling memoir. Or completed one of those crazy Iron Man competitions.But all I'd really done was announce we were celebrating our 25th anniversary.And we ... continue reading...
Motherhood
The Gift of Rest For The Busy Mom
As you know, I have seven children. The oldest is now twenty-six, and our youngest is six. (Yes, that’s a twenty-year age span. Keep moving. Nothing to see here.) When my oldest child turned one, because I was young, naïve, and had a lot of time on ... continue reading...
A Legitimate Bible Study for Women with Small Children
When you have small children, it is such a challenge to find quiet moments to be with God. This is a legitimate Bible study in this season.She stopped by to loan me a backpack and I immediately felt a remembering empathy with her, as she ... continue reading...
