Engaging Boys
I have a new book releasing. It’s for boys and I wanted to write it for ever so long. I have three sons and five grandsons so I love their energy, enthusiasm, and curiosity. I know they can be noisy, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Prayer
Making Time for Daily Prayer
As I’m writing this, we’re sitting in the Outer Banks of North Carolina waiting for Hurricane Arthur. Hatteras Island was under mandatory evacuation as of 5 a.m. on Thursday, but around here we feel confident we’ll be able to weather … Continue reading →
Worth building up.
Sunday school leaders, Bible class teachers, children’s ministry workers – these are the people that strive away each week preparing, teaching, encouraging and praying for the children in our community. They rarely take sick days – not because they don’t … Continue reading →
Praying With Faith
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. — Mark 11:24 Prayer is undeniably one of the most important teachings of Jesus. Jesus taught his followers how … Continue reading →
The Prayer God Loves to Answer
When you’re dealing with something you’d rather not be dealing with … when you’re feeling anxious, fearful, worried, pressured … what do you do? Photo by prideandvegudice / CC BY Go shopping? Clean house? Dump a month’s worth of complaints … Continue reading →
Curing the Straighten-It-Out-Aholic in Me
Hello. My name is Dawn and I’m a straighten-it-out-aholic. Wherever I go—a doctor’s waiting room, a church pew or a restaurant—I fight the urge to straighten out the piles of magazines, tithing envelopes and menus like it’s a disease. … Continue reading →