One of my daughters is exceptional in one subject (which she loves), and mediocre in another (which she hates). She labors to balance the tension, to improve her deficiencies, which often …

We all want to know “why”. Why did a brilliant young man barge into a theater and murder people he didn’t even know? People he wasn’t even mad at? And …

After the post about raising grateful children, this question-comment prompted a new post: “Can you share how you will practically do this with your children? While I may not be …

Aren’t we just like them? Those Jesus taught. In need of stories, object lessons real-life explanations we can see and touch? And if we look and listen with ready eyes and ears, …

There is something strangely restful, peaceful, in the simplicity of snapping beans. There’s the porch, the rhythmic monotony of snapping, the cool summer breeze, and seeing all my children using their hands from …

“Sorrow may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Praise God, storms do end! Storms that wreck your physical world, and storms that wreck your emotional one. Storms are …

I had no idea that last year’s storm would keep raging long after the whirlwind had stopped. I had no idea that once I had faced such physical terror, and survived, …

  Have you seen the “Summer Survival Calendar“? Susan, from The Confident Mom has developed a brilliant, creative tool for Moms and Dads to ward off any summer boredom, building …

It’s HERE!!! This is what our editor said about The Heart of Simplicity, a project thirteen women have poured their hearts into… “I have edited 11 eBooks over the past …

That one-year-old, chubby little boy presses his body into mine, head limp on my shoulder, arms clutching my neck. He isn’t sleepy, he just woke. He’s in love. With me. …

Is it any wonder so many parents don’t know how to parent? It isn’t their fault. We have separated the events of life, isolated children from the daily observation of adulthood, …

In the machine we’ve created, it is assumed that a high school graduate will, no, must go to college, get a good job so he/she can get a good house …

I am so excited to be able to finally announce an incredible project of which I have had the privilege to be a small part, just on the brink of …

Busyness. It’s one of the diseases of Western society. Are we busy trying to distract ourselves from our own lack of contentment? Are we busy trying to “keep up”? A …