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Sunday: An Anchor In Our Week
It’s such an honor to host Sally Clarkson’s words on my blog today. She has written dozens of books, taught and mentored countless mothers just like me for years. I’m excited about her inspired,...
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All Together Now: Diversity-Training Our Kids
Parents, I think this is a critically important post by my friend Janel. I urge you to read it and together, let’s teach our kids that “compassion begins with seeing ourselves in someone else’s eyes.”...
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Raising Kids On A Mission
guest post by Janel Breitenstein (This post had me saying YES. This *this* is what I want for my kids) She was already cuddled up for the night beneath her comforter, pillows blooming around her olive...
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Stop Loving The World
Guest post by Katie Bennett of Embracing a Simpler Life As I pulled our mailbox open and caught sight of the bulging manila envelope, my heart lifted with excitement. It was my monthly Fair Trade...
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Finding Your Voice In Parenting
guest post by Arlene Pellicane Do you ever lack confidence as a parent? Maybe you’re giving lectures to your children but no one seems to be paying attention. Maybe your children follow their friends...
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Raising Kids Who Follow Jesus Long After They Leave Home
Guest post by Janel Breitenstein Ever feel like you need a “cultural translator” just to get through to your kids? Yeah. Me, too. But it sounds like I’m not the only one. In the past decade I’ve been...
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What Not to Say to God
My friend Ruth knows something about desert experiences in this life. And how fitting that she would share the following devotion while I’m standing on holy ground in the Holy Land today. Moses said,...
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Less Chaos, More Jesus
Guest post by my real life friend, Becky KiserWe tend to lose our minds a little during the holidays. Since we have four holidays–Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years–all in the next 2 or...
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When Your Child Is Not A World Changer
Guest post by Janel Breitenstein So I got a call this morning from the principal. I confess to even wishing her (rather brightly) a Happy Friday.She responded pretty kindly, considering my son was...
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How Good Moms Can Stand in the Way of Great Kids
Guest post by Janel BreitensteinThis morning I walked through my house, trying not to see things. I tried not to see the underwear packaging left on the floor by my two teenage boys. The clothes my...
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Longing For Paris
December 2013: Our family was on the way home from working in Kenya and we had a short layover in Paris. I will never forget walking up the steps from the underground train, icy winter wind hitting our...
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If You Dislike Change and All It Brings
Guest post by my sweet friend, Kristen StrongI have 3 precious children, and like all good mamas, I believe they are the most stunning works of art God ever created. Of course they have their faults...
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How Prayer Changes The Way We Parent
guest post by my friend Arlene PellicaneWhen your child has a problem – maybe he’s not paying attention in class or she’s experiencing girl drama – what’s the first thing you do?Google the answer, of...
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Goodbye Cupcakes, Hello Rest
I can’t think of a better message for moms or a better time to share it (4 days before Christmas) than the one my friend Arlene is sharing with us today. Soak it up, friends. I will be.by Arlene...
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Tips for a (Happy) Marriage After Kids
If you’re not already reading Your Modern Family, you need to be. It’s helpful, insightful encouragement for families. Help me welcome my friend, Becky!By Becky MansfieldBeing married and having...
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Love The Life You’ve Been Given: Choose Joy
Guest post by my long-time friend, Mary CarverA note from Mary: My friend and co-author, Sara Frankl, passed away in 2011, but she is still teaching me about choosing joy and facing every day with...
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Embracing My [Not So] Cleaning Personality
Please help me welcome my sweet friend, Sarah Mae to the blog today.THE KIDS ARE OUT with my husband.I had asked him if I could have the house to myself for a little while to get my head clear and get...
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When You Just Need a Little Quiet
Guest post by Ruth SchwenkI had just sat down on the couch. Finally! The day was over. I popped open my laptop to check a few e-mails and read the news. The kids were in bed. Silence.And then my alone...
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Helping our Kids Turn Suffering into Praise
This insightful upstream parenting post by my friend Janel is helpful and beautiful. If you’re not following her blog, you are missing out! Please welcome her. I still remember the tension in my chest...
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Redeeming The Time We Have Together
I love this book! If you’re married with kids, this book will encourage you, right where you are! Today’s guest post is by authors, Patrick and Ruth Schlenk.“Where are your shoes?” I asked Sophia, our...
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The One Thing You Can Begin Doing Today to Live a Happier Life
I’m excited to share my blog today with a dear friend. Jennifer Dukes Lee inspires me in so many ways. I know you’ll love her words today. One of the best ways to hold onto your happiness is simply by...
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Is My Parenting Toxic?
I love this guest post by my friend, Janel. She’s brilliant and I hope these words encourage and challenge you as much as they do me. Visit her blog here. Sometimes it’s his ADHD that stirs all that...
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5 Beefy Ideas For Moms of Boys
Guest post by Janel Breitenstein (If you’re not reading my friend’s blog yet, this is your bossy reminder). My dad used to joke about being a “minority in a sorority”. It was fairly legit: We were four...
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Tell Your Kids This Today
Guest post by my friends, Jim and Lynne JacksonAmong the thousands of parents we’ve met, all say in one fashion or another, “I want what’s best for my kids. I want them to grow up ready for the world....
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Is Insecurity Robbing Your Family?
Guest post by Janel BreitensteinI guess you could say that because of my story, I’m pretty passionate about giving insecurity the boot. Maybe it’s much more so in parenting because I watch how my kids...
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Finding Family in Unlikely Places
My friend Shannan is the real deal. She is living a beautiful counter cultural life and is a hero of the faith. Her new book is stunning as she chronicles how she was rescued from the life she always...
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Five Ways to Show Your Children Unconditional Love
Guest Post by my friend Sally Clarkson Nathan barreled in the front door, plopped loudly onto the living room couch, and sighed as though the world was coming to an end. “It happened again, Mama. I got...
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Are We Raising Spiritually Entitled Kids?
Thought-provoking guest post by my friend Janel Breitenstein Lately—I’ve been grieving.The short version: My family and I are moving back from Africa, i.e. place I have felt technicolor,...
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Living Between Fresh Out of Amazing and Fine
Guest Post by my friend, Stacey ThackerI walked the back halls at church doing my best to be invisible. Something about the last few weeks has turned this typically outgoing, extraverted girl into one...
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An Open House
I love this idea of having an open house. It doesn’t come easily for me (Type A), but over the past couple of years, God has given me more opportunities to be hospitable and I never regret taking them....
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A Family Like Yours
I’ve known Myquillyn Smith (The Nester) and Emily P Freeman for as long as I’ve been blogging. They were raised by the author of my guest post today who describes himself as “a guy who should have died...
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Helping Our Kids Become A Safe Place
Guest post by Janel BreitensteinIt’s been a rough month for a lot of people around the United States.As I type, there are children in Florida and Montana and Texas whose lives have been precisely,...
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Raising Missional Kids Without Raising Perfectionists
Guest post by Janel Breitenstein My daughter is the one I have to watch.She has a heart the size of Alaska. She’s volunteering to babysit at an ongoing Bible study this summer. She’s already signed up...
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Sometimes We Need to Make Faith More “Complicated” for Our Kids
Natasha’s new apologetic book, Talking With Your Kids about Jesus has been sitting in the center of our dinner table leading us in good conversations since this pandemic began. I highly recommend it!...
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When Your Soul is Starving
Guest post by Janel Breitenstein I spoke to two women this week—women I would describe as hungry. Both were choosing tough situations: not situations where they needed to endure, but choices that...
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