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Our Starting Point
“Prayer works. Prayer is work. Prayer leads to work.” This is a quote I copied, without attribution, into the back of my Bible some thirty-plus years ago. I know that the operative word here is prayer,...
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More than Enough
Our lives are busy. Our time and resources are limited. Our responsibilities pile up to such a degree that we cannot possibly accomplish them all on our own. Yet we try. Too often, we live crisis to...
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Lesson #6: God Wants the Whole Pie
What follows is the sixth (and next-to-last) installment in the series “7 Life Lessons I’ve Learned from my Husband.” This concept is key to understanding the Christian walk. I grew up believing I...
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Grace for the Undeserving
Sometimes showing grace to others is easy. The person in need of grace is someone we like, someone who is naturally sweet, someone who’s normally very easy to get along with. Sometimes, though,...
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Want to Have a Happy Home?
Martha Washington once noted, “The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstance.” And she was right. Did you know that whether or not your home is a happy one...
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Parents Need Prayer, Too
[Click image to print a black & white version of this guide]One of my readers recently wrote me to say that she allows her daughter to read many of my posts, including the Praying for Your Children...
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Lessons Learned from a Two-Year-Old
In celebration of my son David’s birthday today, I wanted share a couple of my favorite stories from his childhood (and important lessons learned along the way). Enjoy! Anybody who has ever given birth...
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5 Lessons I Learned by Losing a Diamond
Last month, I lost the diamond out of my wedding ring — an irreplaceable family heirloom. It made me feel sick when I glanced down at my hand while dining in a local restaurant and noticed it missing,...
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Lost & Found
It was a stupid thing to do. That much is obvious. Normally, I would have spent recess swinging or sliding or riding on the merry-go-round. But that day, I sat alone at the edge of the playground...
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Don’t Waste the Crust
I’ve never been one of those mothers who carefully pared the crust off the PBJ’s I served my children for lunch. [brilliant uses for uneaten bread crusts]For well over 20 years now, I’ve been coaxing...
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Never Enough Time?
My husband and I are both list makers by nature, but we approach our lists differently. I’m all about the details, which is why I’ve been known to start the New Year with as many as seven type-written...
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