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A Portrait of a Faithful Redeemer

This is Part 2 of a four-part series entitled, “Good King Jesus: Teaching Kids to Pray Boldly.” You can read Part 1 of the series HERE.

There is a portrait I keep in my home office. Small and fading with time, it marks one of the most vivid memories of my childhood. It is of my dad, with his 1980-something hippie hair, holding his two white-haired boys in a tight embrace on the beach. I am not sure I remember this specific trip, but the memories of beach trips with dad are most prominent...

5 Tips for Eating Out with Kids (and 5 Reasons It’s Still Gonna Be Hard)

Hubby and I are foodies. We like to eat out at lots of different restaurants, try new things, get ideas to use in...

My Childhood Home

A couple of weeks ago, my family and I traveled to my hometown for an end of summer visit with my parents. It...

The Beauty of the Balance of Parenting

This weekend, our pastor kicked off a series about the beauty of balance. He spoke of how Christ is balanced not by being mediocre, or...

A Letter to my Kindergartener

Well, Buddy, you’ve arrived. The day you said you had been waiting for your “whole life” came this week. You went to kindergarten. You...

20 Thoughts a Mom Might Have at 4:30am

I’ve been a mom for four and a half years. It’s been about that long since I’ve had a night’s sleep that was uninterrupted....

Childhood Unplugged

I bet you read the title to this post, and thought I was one of those no-technology, stick-to-the-outdoors sort of moms that somehow...

It is Important

Sometimes, at the end of the day, I look back and can’t think of a single thing that happened. I can’t think of...

Family Vacations: How To Make Simple Moments Into Meaningful Memories

Early on in our parenting journey my husband and I had to have a “discussion” about what sorts of family trips we wanted to take. We had...

Even Better

I remember hearing about a young married couple moving to a town several hours away.  With excitement and anticipation, they researched neighborhoods and real...

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