The Out of Control Lady at the Drive Thru Window
Here’s a story of a woman in drive thru who gets the unofficial Doozy Award. What would you have done in this situation? Ponder on and share with your kids.
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30 Marriage Tips on our 30th Anniversary
Today’s our 30th wedding anniversary. I asked my husband what advice he had on having a “successful” marriage. His initial ridiculous reply is included… along with 30 “real,” easy-on-the-eye bullet points that we’d give our own kids to help them build selfless, long lasting marriages.
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Helping the Insecure Gain the Confidence to Serve
Do you find yourself too insecure to help others? You want to help, but feel inadequate. This is sure to be an AH HA moment that will help you confidently see and meet needs. 🙂
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A Generous Eye
Want to know how to see needs? Want to raise kids who delight in blessing others through giving? Here’s a quick story and a message about a generous eye.
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Preparing Your Kids for Air Travel
Have you ever traveled by plane, frustrated by someone’s loud children? Or perhaps you’ve been the parent stressed out with the rambunctious ones? Recently I took a trip across the USA to visit one of my adult children. From the back of the plane we all heard: Whining, demanding, fighting, name calling “Shhhhhh!” loudly, over the noise of…
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Parenting to the Heart
For years, I’ve been opening my home once a month to teach women. Most often the topic is on some aspect of “parenting to the heart” of our children. “Parenting to the heart” means focusing on the heart not the outward appearance. Parenting to the heart involves dealing with the root of the sin in…
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My Broken Hearted Child
(Shared with permission…to encourage parents to “Stop the World.”) My daughter was about twelve when it happened…again. One of her closest friends was moving away. I remember this day well. She and her sister and I were driving to a homeschool field trip, running a little late…being that I am the reigning U-Turn Champ, and all. (Does anyone else suffer…
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I was talking with a friend the other day… about loving well…. And what loving well looks like. Our situations were quite different, yet there were parallels in our journeys of desiring God to teach us what loving well looks like lived out. In each situation we were concerned about a Believer who was making…
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A Peaceful Home Starts with Me
Do you long to have a peaceful home? Where family members are respectful, kind, encourage, and support each other? Where the tone is calm and hearts can be shared freely in a safe environment? Read here to see how to begin cultivating a peaceful home.
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My Words Revealed Needed Heart Surgery
This morning I woke up with a determination to notice the words that (were about to) come out of my mouth. I consider myself a positive person, an encourager, actually…so, I was surprised with what I discovered during my intentional self-monitoring. We are told, in the Bible, that our words are simply the outpouring of the…
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