Today’s post comes from my friend Brenda Yoder who just released a book for parents titled Fledge: LaunchingYour Kids Without Losing Your Mind. It was my pleasure to not only endorse this book, but to also write the foreword for it (a first for me!). As a friend and mom who is a stage ahead of […]
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Love Vs. You
This week, I’m honored to participate in a blog series on the topic of love with Baker Book House. I was in elementary school when I first reached out to my neighbors with Jesus’ love. That was also when I first learned sharing Jesus’ love wasn’t as easy as I thought it was. My childhood […]
Homeward Bound – Guest Post and Giveaway
Guest post by Susie Finkbeiner. Be sure to leave a comment on this post to be entered in a drawing for her new novel A Song of Home, third in a trilogy about a young girl named Pearl Spence set in the 1930’s Dustbowl era. When I was a kid my mom often played her […]
A Simple Prayer That Will Change Your Day
*Congrats to Noelle who won the Truth Kit notebook!* I stood at the elevator and smashed the down button, while my foot nervously tapped. I took a deep breath and repeated what I’d been telling myself all morning, “It’s just breakfast. It’s just breakfast.” I was attending a writers retreat. I hadn’t known anyone when […]
6 Family Prayer Activities {Free PDF Guide}
Meaningful family prayer times–beyond a bedtime or mealtime routine–is it possible during these busy seasons of raising kids? Whether or not you observe Lent, this is a prime season for directing our focus to the sacrifice Christ made for us. This can also be a perfect time to begin or deepen a time of family […]
Pray A to Z Stories: Jealousy
*Quick Reminder that I’ll be participating in a Night of Prayer at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, tomorrow, Tuesday Feb 21 at 7 p.m. I would love to see you there for this special time of reflection on prayer as we head into the Lent season. As we continue our series of Pray A […]