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Parenting With Purpose at Easter

With Easter upon us in a few short days, I wanted to share a few ideas we're using this year with our kids to make sure we're focusing on Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, the true meaning of Easter. But first, here's a glimpse into our reality right now with three kids ages 6 and under. This was our attempt at teaching them to share last weekend. I'll let you guess how long that lasted... Sharing or not sharing, we still attempt to teach them, right? It's the same with Continue Reading

Parenting With Purpose: 5 Tips on Being Present With Young Kids

I'd just walked in the door from a mentally exhausting day at work, my body weary from lack of sleep (thank you teething 9 month old baby girl), when Kai, my 3 year old little man, tugged on my shirt. "Mommmmmy, I made a tower." "That's great, honey!," I replied, still setting down my work bag, breastfeeding pump, and lunch bag from the day. I heard it again. "Mommmmmmy, I made a tower." I responded with, "I heard you sweetheart; I'm so glad you had fun today!" When he retorted with Continue Reading

It’s a New Year: Let’s Train Our Eyes to See the Light

There's something refreshing about a new year. I love the anticipation of hanging a blank new calendar and everything all those empty white blocks represent. A new outlook. Another chance. New experiences and new challenges. An opportunity to see things differently. For me, the celebration of the start of a new year is the perfect wrap up to celebrating Jesus' arrival on this earth as a baby during the Christmas season. Grace and perfect love wrapped in swaddling Continue Reading

Dear Santa, From a Frazzled Mom

Thank you to Mary Flo Ridley for giving permission for me to re-post this here and share some Christmas humor with you. Dear Santa, I realize you haven't heard from me in a while. I've been a little busy the last few decades, but I find myself desperately in need of some Santa help this year. I'm confident I made the Nice List, but in the off chance that I did slip once or twice, surely I can get a rollover from those years before becoming a parent. I'd like to take advantage of that Continue Reading

Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship

Tonight, the living room is quiet. The Christmas tree twinkles and reflects on the picture window, a rainbow of colors infusing joy in the space we call home. The littles are all tucked warmly in their beds after an evening ending in snuggles and stories of jingle bells and The Christmas Promise. I sit here with the flame from my orange thyme + cardamom soy candle flickering softly, the scent providing evidence of the season that is upon us. Advent, a time of waiting, a time of Continue Reading

Great Ways to Stretch your Christmas Budget

One of my favorite things ever is to connect people to resources - people, things, ideas - anything that might be the perfect solution to their problem or concern. So today I'm sharing my top Thanksgiving weekend sales, discounts, and freebies. These are all companies and services I know and love. I figure if I love them, maybe you will too! Also, if you're tight on funds this Christmas like us, don't miss the free credits to ThredUp, Schoola, ePantry, and Shutterfly. There are lots of Continue Reading

Gratitude :: The Secret Ingredient

It's Thanksgiving, and already the scents from the kitchen are tantalizing me as I think of the feast that awaits us. In our family, Thanksgiving means time with family, cooking traditional family recipes (including my mom's famous shredded sweet potato casserole) and always trying a new one (this year it's The Pioneer Woman's key lime pie). We watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in the morning, share what we're grateful for around the table, and settle in for an afternoon of football Continue Reading

Setting Scripture to Music :: Seeds Family Worship

As a busy working mom, with so many tasks, responsibilities, projects and ideas swirling around in my head on any given day, memorizing scripture is difficult for me. Memorizing much of anything has never been my strong suit but since I’m committed to planting God’s truths in my heart and in the hearts of my children, finding a way to keep God’s word front and center in our lives is so important. Did you know our brains are wired to remember words set to music better than just text on a Continue Reading

Parenting With Purpose: Wave the White Flag of Surrender

Yesterday a friend reached out to me on Facebook asking me to pray for her. She was discouraged, frustrated by both her children’s disrespectful behavior and her own negative response to it. I was quick to type back an encouraging note, beginning with the words “PARENTING IS SO HARD!” It’s true. Being a parent is not for the faint of heart! Being a good parent is even more difficult. Add in trying to mold and shape your kids’ hearts into the likeness of Jesus and you can quickly become an Continue Reading

Parenting With Purpose: Creating a God-Centered Home

Last year I joined in with hundreds of other writers online in The Nester’s 31 Day Writing Challenge. I really loved sharing this series on Parenting With Purpose: Creating a God-Centered Home, as I have a heart for intentionally impressing God’s Word upon the hearts of our children. This year, I’m back at it again! I just love-love-love connecting you with tools and resources to help make your job as intentional Christian moms just a tad bit easier. I can’t wait to share some Continue Reading

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