Sometimes I struggle to be quiet when confronted. When someone corners you, what do you do? Do you cower? Or do you come out swinging? I get knots in my stomach. I can feel the tight, tight tension, just below my ribs, like I have been doing crunches, just without the exercise benefits. As a ... read more
The Thanksgiving Baby: A Beautiful Adoption Story
My friend Kristin Hill Taylor was so kind to share this good word with us today. Her new book is an inspiration! Kristin's family came together through not one, but two, wonderful adoption stories. Beyond the beauty that is revealed in the hearts of the birth mothers (get out your kleenex), ... read more
Words Are Powerful, But “I’m Sorry” Isn’t Enough…
Have you ever apologized to someone and…The. Words. Just. Fell. Flat? Sometimes we feel it keenly, that our apology doesn’t make things right. Painful. We strive to teach our kids this practice too: to apologize. But often, the forced apology doesn’t really make things right; it fuels the argument ... read more
Prodigal Living: Mindy Hopman
This month, in celebration of crossing two goals off my blogging to-do list, we are looking at the Parable of the Prodigal (Lost) Son (Luke 15:11-32). This summer I wrote a 5 Day Devotional for the Prodigal Daughter, a free gift for you (click here to receive it) and I wrote my first book. ... read more
Prodigal Living: Emily Thomas
This month, in celebration of marking two things off my to do list, we are looking at the Parable of the Prodigal (Lost) Son (Luke 15:11-32). This summer I wrote a 5 Day Devotional for the Prodigal Daughter, a free gift for you (click here to receive it) and I wrote my first book. Yippee!! Keep ... read more
Compassionate Letter Writing
This week my kiddos took their turn to write to Rajendra (in India) and Alvaro (in Colombia) the children our family sponsors through Compassion International. We love getting letters from "the boys," as we call them. They write every so often. We write every so often. I am sure that we ... read more
Speak All the Words of this Life…
“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life” (Acts 5:20). In church on Sunday, our pastor read the passage he would preach on, Acts 4:32-5:42. Then, as on so many Sundays, during the sermon I wrote furiously, trying to capture all that Truth that was being ... read more
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