3 Prayers for Our Kid’s Teachers
Every summer I pray for my son’s upcoming teachers. I pray my sons’ teachers see them, love them, and help them understand what is taught. Because, unless you are a homeschooled family, your kids’ teachers spend about 50% of each day with your kid. Unless you are a...
Praying for Our Kid’s Friendships
Whew! This topic makes my heart both heavy and happy. Heavy because for many, many years several of my sons struggled with friendships. I had the misguided idea that if we lived in the same town and school system while they grew up, they would have good friends from...
Summer 2024 Bible Study: Psalms 1 -13
This summer we're studying Psalms 1-13 together. I love the Psalms since many of them are prayers and express feelings we're often afraid to share out loud. Summer can be a hectic time and reading one Psalm a week is an excellent way to spend time in God's word and...
How to Teach Our Kids to Hunger for True Food (advice from a former anorexic): by Emily T. Wierenga
“I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have nolife in you.” John 6:53 I grew up a pastor’s daughter. I grew up swinging leotard legs from wooden pews and wishing I could run and laugh and dance in church. I grew up...
{God Story} Kelly Tyson: How God Helped Me Overcome Being Lukewarm
Laying there in the stark morning sunlight, listening to my heart pound in my chest, breathing deep as if to be sure I really could breathe – I saw clearly the message God was sending me. This sitting on the pews, living through the “good works” of my husband, heartlessly following the “moral laws” of the Bible. This was not enough. This was lukewarm. Spit out I most certainly would be. ..
{God’s Story} Learning to Trust God in the Midst of Change
Within two years our son Zane was born in 1982. Life was so good! By 1985, I was pregnant again, and we welcomed a beautiful baby girl to our family, Allison Layne. I had finally crafted the life I wanted. Life was right on track, so I thought. I didn’t have a clue that we were about to experience one of the cruelest things life can throw at you…