“What happened here?” Jess slows the car on a dusty gravel road. We are passing a vineyard in the heart of Italy and there are thousands of ripe grape clusters lying on the ground below the vines, row after row. He stops the car so we can take a closer look. “Maybe they’re coming through later to ... [keep reading]
This spring, cultivate the good gifts of your holistic garden
When I first began gardening, I grew vegetables. Is lettuce a vegetable? Well, let’s just say I was trying to grow food, although not very successfully. I was a half-hearted gardener who wilted in the summer heat faster than my lettuces in their Beatrix Potter rows. And yet even in those days, the ... [keep reading]
How to help your child win the battle for self-control
Just like our kids, we parents face temptations every day in our battle for self-control. And no matter how hard we try, we will never be able to eradicate our unhelpful behavior until Jesus changes our hearts. Sheer willpower will take us only so far. We might think, "Look! I ... [keep reading]
8 essential foods you should be storing at home right now
A well-stocked pantry in your dry storage, fridge, and freezer will not only be a blessing during hardships or emergencies, it will help reduce the temptation to spend more during each shopping trip on those items you tend to add to your cart whether you need them or not. When you are ... [keep reading]
Letting God lead: The reward found in faithful parenthood
When it comes to being the spiritual leader of my home, I like to think of myself less like an expert and more like a guide. I love to be outside and to explore the outdoors. Because of my highly spontaneous personality, I often say to my kids, “Let’s go on an adventure!” We stuff a ... [keep reading]
How Stories Shape Your Child and Reveal the Perfect Storyteller
We were driving down the highway when my son shut his book, looked up at me in the rearview mirror and asked, “Mom, why do all stories end the same? Why do they always have a good ending?” “Do you remember the parts of the gospel, bud? Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation and how that’s the ... [keep reading]
Made by God: Helping your child celebrate who they are
On January 1, 2019, I started a yearlong painting challenge. My first piece was of a paperwhite bulb in a favorite geometric-patterned planter sitting on the kitchen counter. I added a shadow to mimic other artists and captioned it “A Paperwhite Waiting to Bloom.” All year, every single ... [keep reading]
How to Listen When God Is Speaking
No one would describe me as Pentecostal. Especially as a college student, I pursued a faith that was very logical, very reasoned, very explainable. Everything fit in a tidy faith-box. So you can imagine my surprise when, in a moment of deep skepticism and eye-rolling-judgement, I first heard ... [keep reading]
6 ways to put the new in your New Year
Do you experience joyful anticipation as you swap calendars? Are you hopeful that the next 365 days will be so much more ________________(adventurous, purposeful, successful, sane, prayerful, meaningful…) than the previous batch? I do. I am. And then I promptly load most days with last year’s ... [keep reading]
This Christmas, will you open all your good gifts from God?
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. (John 1:11) Many people spend the month of December buying, wrapping, decorating, and preparing for the festivities of the holidays but are not ready for a transforming Christmas, nor free to experience its real impact for all of ... [keep reading]
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