I think we all have a love/hate relationship with the internet. Especially for social sites like Pinterest and blogs. I can’t believe how much I have learned about every day life. My whole house is full of ideas that have come from this crazy little box in front of me. But so many times (and […]
Family Virtues
What do you REALLY want your family to be like? What’s your goal? And harder still, what’s your plan to get there? When our oldest was just a couple months old, our small group at church did a study on the family, based mostly out of Proverbs. During one of the lessons, we were […]
Moving Beyond Guilt: Ministering to the Persecuted Church
You don’t have to stick around Christian circles long before you hear a prayer similar to this, “Thank you God for the freedom to meet here. We know that we have brothers and sisters in Christ who cannot meet without persecution.” What’s your reaction to those reminders of the persecuted Church? My reaction has been […]
Simple Cheap Nativity That Kids Can Really Play With
Like so many others, I want my children to know what Christmas is really about: Jesus, the Son of God, took on flesh to so that he could lay that life down for sinful, desperate, me. The story of the first Christmas is crazy cool and can capture a child’s imagination like only a true […]
What Happened AFTER My Son was Born: An Ugly Battle with Postpartum Depression
(I’m not sure what brought you to this post: curiosity, a wrong click, or maybe desperation. I am going to reveal the yuckiest, most humiliating period of my life to you. I don’t know you, but I’ve prayed for you. If you or ANYONE you know is struggling with postpartum depression, I’d love to be […]
Book Review: Give Them Grace, Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
I’ve read a lot of parenting books in the last year. The clear standout is the new book by Elyse Fitzpatrick: Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus. The basic premise is that our parenting needs to be saturated with the gospel. If we say that The Gospel is central to […]