A Thankfulness Tree Today, I’ve hopped on over to Mentoring Moments for Christian Women to share ideas for using a Thankfulness Tree in your home, with others, and as a ministry to bless others. Here are some ways to share a Thankfulness Tree with others. Visit a nursing home- Hang one in the hall. Have your kids talk…
How much of your decision-making is influenced by a desire to impress? Read these scenarios and see if you may be involved in a double-ilfe. Hypocrisy may be happening right under your roof. I’ll show you what we’re to do about it.
Here’s an idea for investing in your out-of-town college students and their roommates/friends. (If they’re within driving distance, that is.) Meals on Wheels Stay with me on this one… That’s me on the right. I have a son named Daniel who attends a college a few hours away. He lives with sixteen wonderful young men. Yes, I said…
Here’s a simple idea for you and your family to do during the month of November, the week of Thanksgiving, or the day of Thanksgiving with friends and extended family gathered around. Thankfulness Tree and 21 Thankfulness Verses 21 Verses on Thankfulness With 21 days left until Thanksgiving, here are 21 verses you can read, discuss…
A Son’s Perspective on Parenting On the blog today- an impromptu video of my oldest son answering questions. I hope you’ll find it valuable. Each month I open my home to teach women, mostly on the topic of parenting to the heart of the child. At the last Cultivate, while the women were scattered from room…
A little fun (and maybe a tear) for you on this Friday as I reminisce about a LULLABY. I was sitting at basketball practice, watching my two youngest -a middle schooler and a high schooler, when I got a text from their older sister – who is away at college. The text was simply this.…
Ever been in a messy situation that you brought upon yourself due to your own sin and selfishness, but were too stubborn to admit it? Here’s a phrase that has helped us when we’ve thought, “I don’t want to be in this mess.”
Have you ever thought about putting scripture to music with your kids? One verse, a passage, or even a chapter? Today, Heather and I sing Psalm 46 for you.
Don’t waste a crisis. This eight-minute graduation speech by my daughter Kelsey was given at our church’s Cap and Gown Sunday. She shares the perspective Believers should have in seasons of suffering. Her story is from a her own crisis – a two-year journey with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). God used this in remarkable ways…
Ever found parenting to be exhausting and discouraging? Christy Keyton, a mom to eight, including one with Down Syndrome, shares a gift she found of dependency on God.
