Starting in January, I want to focus on “New Year’s Goals” To get ready for this series – I want to know: What types of goals to you make each year? Family? Fitness? Faith? What types of deadlines or timelines do you set for yourself? What do you do with last year’s goals? How do you cope you goals that are unmet? I will be having guest writers and bloggers join me for a great month of inspirational and motivational…
The True Lamb My second son Titus has a sweet little stuffed lamb he sleeps with every night. For our Teen Christmas play, we needed it for the manger scene. A week or so before the play, I snatched it up to take with us. He watched me leave the room with his precious lamb and melted into a puddle of tears. I could not take “Lamby” early. He didn’t mind that Lamby was going to be in the play,…
The Truth Some will say “Santa is a lie!” Others will say that it is “only pretending…get over it!” What is the balance for Gospel-centered parents? Although it is hard and I’ve struggled since having children on how to handle all of the Santa-hype surrounding Christmas, I know that whatever I teach them about Santa will NOT be what I teach my children about Jesus. I’ve read a few article here and there. An article I read recently was amazing. I thought the article…
You know those days. Endless….tiring….just-want-to-give up days. Maybe its the season change. Maybe grief suddenly appears after a time unexpectedly. Maybe the stress of life has suddenly come resting on your shoulders. Maybe it is nothing. (By the way – it is O.K. to have a bad day over nothing.) You sit on the couch. You watch your children play. You read a book instead of doing laundry. Your dishes go unwashed. Dinner comes from a delivery guy. You’ve had…