Parenting
2019 JumpStart!
January 18, 2019 • Parenting
As we enter this new year, I always find it both valuable and eye opening to take an honest look at where I am currently and where I would like to be. It is often times easy to stay on…
Thanks Moms!
January 16, 2019 • Community, Ministries, Parenting
Newsflash…there is no such thing as a supermom. Being a supermom in the sense of having a beautiful, immaculate home, working, keeping the laundry done, kids bathed, dinner on the table, wearing a size 4, driving the taxi with…
Peaceable and Considerate
January 11, 2019 • Parenting, Teen Events, Teens
“Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility to all men” –…
Parenting As Worship
January 9, 2019 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens
I know we have all likely heard it before, and we have certainly thought it…Parenting is hard. Amidst all of the laundry, the dishes, trips to the grocery store and the doctor’s office, sporting events, spelling tests, school plays and…
Oh Holy Night
December 24, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teen Events
Oh Holy Night Let’s go on a journey of looking at the manger and take time to consider and ponder the events of the night. Within the moments is an intimate, personal experience for each of us; an opportunity to…
Tree Envy
December 20, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teen Events
Tree envy. Yep. I have it. Makes me laugh to say it that way. I didn’t actually say it quite like that, my friend Ana did, after I confessed to her that I am feeling slightly embarrassed by my Christmas…
Seek Him
December 18, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens
I love the holidays and I cannot even believe that they are upon us! Time is flying by! I have such fond memories of holidays spent at my Nana’s house with all of my cousins. Those memories, no matter how…
Pause Button, Please!!
December 14, 2018 • Parenting, Speaking, Teen Events
Pause Button, Please! Several Christmases ago, I was watching Christmas movies with my kids and was struck with the fact that my middle son, Jake, then 12, would only have 6 more Christmases living in our home. Time flies when…
He is comfortable with His decisions
December 10, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting
How many times have you said something like, “let me be the bad guy” or “I am comfortable with my decision” to one of your children? More times than I can count, Brian and I have said something along these…
We Will Not be Shaken
December 7, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teen Events
Dear friends and partners, Merry, Merry Christmas to you! As I write you this beautiful morning, I have a fire in the fireplace, coffee in hand, and you on my heart! I pray that 2018 has been a year of…
