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January 2014

January 14, 2014

Creativity

When we are grateful and blessed by each other's becoming more like Christ, there's no room...

January 14, 2014

Singed

Most of us go through life hearing dozens of reports and accusations about celebrities, athletes,...

January 13, 2014

Check

"(To do) lists can actually become a window to our soul and reveal our take on...

January 10, 2014

Consider This

How much is done for you in the course of God's common providence! Consider how...

January 10, 2014

Examine Yourself

This subject ought to put you upon examining yourselves, whether you be not wholly useless...

January 08, 2014

I Do

The starting point for us, moms, in any difficult parenting situation…in any challenging schedule…in any...

January 07, 2014

Delivered

"You didn’t need a stricter diet, more rules, more paperwork, more theology, better liturgy, more...

January 04, 2014

Hallelujah

"Thanks be to God, Jesus inverts the logic of both the spiritual overachiever’s aspirations as...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Going All In for 2014

There are a lot of joggers running by my house today. More than usual —...

December 27, 2013

This is the Christian Life

The sum of the Christian life is to believe Jesus and love others. These two...

December 23, 2013

Pride in Problem Solving

"Whenever strife and arguments and contention exist, we can be certain pride is somehow involved."...

December 19, 2013

Adoption

"...when the lost sons are found and adopted and clothed and given their inheritance it...

December 17, 2013

Friends

(Spiritual friendship)...is eagerly helping one another know, serve,love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper...

December 16, 2013

Hospitable Love

When I make my home an inhospitable environment (as in hostile, cold, and unwelcoming) for...

December 10, 2013

If I Told You Once…

How often do parents repeat themselves? If your home is anything like mine, the answer...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Surprising Myself

Today I realized that I am thankful for having had Hyperemesis Gravidarum throughout my pregnancies....

November 18, 2013

Salvation in Surrender

I read a familiar story today and saw something new in it. I was reading Luke...

November 17, 2013

You’re Invited

..if God is your Father you can start enjoying right now that which shall —...

November 16, 2013

The Art of Small Talk

Every conversation can be an opportunity to love someone on behalf of the Lord. Every...

November 08, 2013

Obedience Ensures Happiness

Laissez-faire parenting does not produce gracious, humble children. It produces brats. They are neither fun...

November 08, 2013

Be Spunky

13 Ways To Lose Your Pre-Motherhood Moxie by: GraceLaced 1. Take yourself too seriously,...

November 07, 2013

Of Christmas Toys and Halloween Candy Causes on Facebook

Just because I have seen more pictures and read more blogs about starving children than...

November 06, 2013

Moms, Why Do You Yell?

“I’m a yeller,” she said, she being the mother of three young children. “No,” I...

November 05, 2013

Things I’m Learning About Confrontation

If you are being blindsided by confrontations, examine the accusations and measure them by God's...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Loud, Crazy, and Clumsy Obedience

When I ask my 2 year old to clean up his room, I know he...

October 28, 2013

Why We Hate Being Misunderstood

"If we allow the opinions of others to ambush us we lose our freedom. We...

October 25, 2013

Laying It Out

I finished reading The Pursuit of God. I cannot recommend it enough, but I feel...

October 24, 2013

Goals in Confrontation

“Christians should call other Christians to repentance from sin, as long as they have a...

October 22, 2013

Be Thou Exalted

I found a truly heart-wrenching prayer in A.W. Tozer's book, The Pursuit of God. Chapter...

October 10, 2013

As a Deer Pants for Water

"Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God,...