We Choose Virtues {Review & Giveaway}

We Choose Virtues {Review & Giveaway}

Let’s be honest: there are a LOT of good ideas and programs out there for teaching our children character and Biblical virtues. I have not gone looking for any program and still I have heard about four to five new-to-me programs since the beginning of 2013. I...
I Can’t Make My Kids Care

I Can’t Make My Kids Care

I want to teach my kids to be compassionate. I’ve said it before but I’m not sure I totally agree with this statement anymore, since what I used to mean when I said that was… I want to make my kids be compassionate. You see, I’ve come to...
Raising Gentlemen: The Integrity Factor

Raising Gentlemen: The Integrity Factor

I’ve had so many conversations with other moms about how our children behave differently in public than they do at home. Some children are complete angels at home, but when they head out to the store or church or school, they have unleash their wild sides!...
Monthly Mission: Nickels for Nets!

Monthly Mission: Nickels for Nets!

He hears everything, so I wasn’t surprised when he asked about the children without clean, safe places to sleep they were talking about on the radio. Kids without beds? Being bit by bugs while you sleep? He was genuinely bothered by what he had just heard. He...

Too Busy Living Life To Write About Life!

Well, hello again! Yes, I am alive! Yes, we are doing well! I just took a little unscheduled break here as life at home picked up and some exciting things were happening in other areas of this online space! First, for the “real life” stuff… The Hubby...

Reading “The Story” Together

There is no greater joy for me as a parent than sharing Jesus with my children. I am humbled and challenged and blessed {and even entertained sometimes} by the conversations we have about God and Jesus and sin and heaven and all that comes along with our faith. We...