Praying for Your Job
With Labor Day weekend upon us, I wanted to take a moment to talk about work. Whether we consider the task of making money to support our family a job, a career, or a calling, one thing remains the same: … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Family Life
Teaching Biblical Truths to Children
I keep walking into spider webs. I just don’t see them. I’m keeping the spiders busy. The other day, one of those webs reminded me of Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider. A spider drops in on a farm. She begins … Continue reading →
Nurturing the Fruit of the Spirit
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control sounds like a parent’s wish list for their children. It’s the Fruit of the Spirit. It’s not plural because we plant the seed and nurture it as one. Each … Continue reading →
Acting Out Bible Stories
Last week we looked at Baby, Baby! by Diane Stortz. It is a board book full of super fun baby actions – waves, wiggles, bounces, jiggles – to name a few. Don’t the words make want you to act it out with a … Continue reading →
Celebrating the Small Stuff
At my house, we love to celebrate. We celebrate the usual stuff that most families do, like holidays and birthdays. But we also have been known to celebrate small victories like making it through a tough week (or sometimes even … Continue reading →
Making Time for Health and Fitness
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV) This year I made a commitment to treat my body as the temple God created it to be. That meant … Continue reading →