Introduction New Year’s Resolutions. As we are progressing into the new year some may react to that with a fist pump, others may have just had their gag reflex triggered. I have been on both side of the fence there; I think it depends on the year and the resolutions made. Regardless of your position...

Introduction: Practicing Kindness, Empathy, and Prayer “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care...” 1 Peter 5: 1-4 I think we can all agree this election cycle has been long. Last week’s elections brought both a historic upset and some challenges to our personal relationships. Plus, my children are more aware this election...

Introduction: Launch Your Child Into Their Calling Recently, I was back home in Texas having lunch with my parents and my oldest sister. While we were all sitting together, my sister and I were chatting about raising our children and the different talents and dreams we see in each kiddo. As we were chatting, my father...

Introduction: The Beauty of Adoption I remember several years ago sitting in church listening to an old friend speak of his recent trip to Africa. I watched as images of beautiful people, an unknown land, and poverty flashed before my eyes. The place? Burkina Faso. I cried through the whole thing. For Darrel and Kim...

INTRODUCTION: Leading Kids Into Worship “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God.” Psalm 100:1-3 (NIV) The song written in Psalm 100 reminds us that we were all made to worship the living God. As we are...

Simple Family Worship & Devotions!    A few things right up front: I define family worship as a practice of intentionally setting aside time to teach, train and disciple your family in God's Word. Family Worship comes in different forms and rhythms and looks different for every family. Some families have worship every day, some...

Introduction: Parenting with the Teenage Years in Mind You may know my story from previous blogs, but if you don't a quick refresher is that my husband, Eric, and I got married young and started our family not long after our wedding vows. So these days, while most of our friends are still having babies, E and I...

Introduction: Growing Your Kids Relationship With God pt. 3 For those of you just joining us, this is part 3 of a 5 Part Series Called, “How to Help Your Kids Grow In Their Relationship With God.” In part one, we looked at family prayer from a different perspective. In part two, I challenged you to include your children...

Introduction: Kids Relationship with God Pt.2 God created your kids for relationship with Him and the cool thing is God is not hindered by the age of your kids or their ability to focus! In fact, I believe any parent can do this and your kids can be any age. I believe it's simple to...

Introduction: Helping Grow Your Kids Relationship With God There are lots of ways to help your kids grow in their relationship with Christ, but I am going to cover five things that have been the most impactful on my family. These will come in 5 easy to digest blogs over the next few weeks. The...

Introduction Everyone in America, it would seem, is looking for more time. We all feel hurried and haggard. But, in the case of life with a traveling husband, time becomes an elusive commodity, an enemy of sorts – and time is a four-letter word. There are so many families in each community with a spouse...

Our family is in transition...again. We’re beginning the process of our 4th cross-country move in 6 years. Having 4 kids and announcing another move is kinda like telling someone nuclear war has started. It’s never mildly received and there are all sorts of strong reactions – some that make my husband and I want to...