Tag: parenting

 

Once Upon A “Super Mom”

Yesterday, I was a rock star mom. Yesterday, I was a superstar wife. Weekly meal planning…check. Took the girls to the library…check. Grocery shopping with no fights or tears…check. Bank trip…check. Chick-Fil-A run…check. Laundry…check. Cleaned the house…check. I had checked […]

 

ERLC Conference Recap

I really had good intentions to write a blog post last week, but my week was cut short because I attended The Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission’s National Conference in Grapevine, TX. I look forward to sharing some of the […]

 

Building Faith At Home

One of the challenges we face in children’s ministry is helping parents understand that they are the primary faith builders and teachers. It is essential that a child’s home really be the center of biblical teaching, and historically the home […]

 

Printable January Verse Cards

Today I’m excited to share something new on the blog that I’ll be doing each month…Printable Verse Cards! These cards will be free (of course), loosely themed on that month and encourage your children or kidmin kiddos to memorize scripture. (You […]

 

A Broken World

I’m reminded today for what feels like the millionth time this year of the brokenness in our world. I don’t understand it, though I know we’ve been broken from the very beginning. My heart is so incredibly hurt by what […]

 

My Plate Filling Addiction

Well, it’s been awhile. I’m embarrassed to even write that. The days and weeks got away from me and I realized I haven’t shared in a while. Actually, to be quite frank, I did realize it, but I was drowning […]

 

An Apology to My Parents

I think half of this parenting journey is feeling guilty about the way you treated your own parents. Numerous times in my short parenting stint I’ve apologized to my parents for things I did as a kid. Today, as I […]

 

Toothbrush in the Toilet

This week, I had one of those days. The kind of days where your children give you that lovely eye twitch and make you scream once you get somewhere alone. Yep, Wednesday was one of those days. It started out […]

 

Praying WITH Your Children

We all know praying FOR our kids is important, but I have to say that praying WITH them is just as important. Almost every night from my childhood through adolescence, until I was completely out of the house one or […]