Faith . Food Allergies . Family Life.
About three weeks ago, I settled in for the night, ready to relax. The kids were tucked in bed, and the husband was out with friends. It was a perfect night to watch a little show—something I rarely do. When I opened my iPad, “The Social Dilemma” was the first thing I saw on my …
In November, I began planning a trip to Disneyland. Our family had been to Disney World, but we had yet to take our kids to Disneyland. Since this seemed like a right of passage for an American child, we began to plan. But as I planned, I kept feeling God nudge my heart. You don’t …
As Christ followers, we are called to live differently in comparison to how the world lives. Think about that for a second. Every aspect in our lives should look different. Where we spend our time. Where we invest our resources. How we raise our kids. What we say, think, and do. It should all look …
The oddest thing happened to me this summer. One day I was enjoying life and planning to celebrate my 39th birthday, then the next moment I woke up and couldn’t move my joints. I had never experienced anything like this in my entire life. I was struggling to walk, to bend, to make a fist …
Betsie ten Boom, a famous holocaust victim, was quoted as saying, “We must tell them that there is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still.” I have never been a prisoner in a concentration camp, but in a small way, I too have been a friend of suffering. And in that place, …
I noticed it recently in our travels. It is hard to miss really. Anywhere you go, no matter the place. Whether it be a location encompassed in beauty or a destination filled with wonder, you will find it—the masses of people capturing images of self. Photo after photo. Pose after pose. This epidemic spreads across …
Have you ever wrestled with fear? This week I had to face a deep-seated fear as my peanut allergic child was going to eat 24 peanuts. Cue the terror. Noah has been working through peanut OIT for one and a half years and this week was the culmination of all of his hard work, as …
“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Tonight, at dinner, we were talking about the baptisms we had …
Dear Marie, On behalf of all Americans, I would like to apologize. I am sorry that you had to tell us to throw away our excess stuff. We confess, we have too much. We need to downsize, throw away, scale-back, scale-down… all of it. It has gotten out of hand. I like to think that …
I want to share a little motivation for the homeschooling parent who is combating what I like to call the Februaries. Did you know that February homeschool burn out is a real thing? In fact, if you google “homeschool burnout” and “February” and you will find countless articles. It makes sense in a lot of …