by Tara L. Cole | Sep 26, 2024 | blog, Podcast
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...
by Tara L. Cole | Oct 14, 2019 | Abide, God's Stories
The early morning light shone through the window onto her Bible. My Mom had a cup of steaming coffee in her hand as she studied the open pages. Her feet tucked under her on the Indian patterned couch. When she heard me enter the room, she looked up and smiled. A...
by Tara L. Cole | Sep 30, 2019 | Abide
Do you get caught up in the chaos of life and never find the time to connect to Christ? Each morning you get up with good intentions to have quiet time alone, but a kid wakes up early or your alarm doesn’t go off and you rush into your day. Around the...
by Tara L. Cole | Jun 17, 2019 | Abide, Motherhood, Parenting
Did you know quiet time doesn’t always work? Shocker, right? As much as I love to sit down with God each morning and sip my coffee while reading my Bible, my three sons would rather run, climb trees, dig in the dirt, or build with Legos. At first, I thought I was a...
by Tara L. Cole | Jun 11, 2019 | Motherhood, Parenting
I’ve had God Stories on the blog for many years. One of the ones that have influenced me the most is Kristi Dye’s God Story “When I Started Listening.” Her story shared five years ago has influenced my parenting by making me a much more...