5 Thieves that Steal God’s Best in Raising Girls
I have a new resource for teen girls and moms of teen girls. Information on Who Do You Say I Am can be found here. Moms, our daughters pick up more that you think they would from our lives. They take...
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Why I Air My Dirty Laundry on Sunday
Once we returned from a family trip in the wee hours on a Sunday morning. After attending church and eating a good meal, we spent the majority of the afternoon relaxing, what we normally do on Sundays....
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Are You a Mess? You’re in Good Company
She had every reason to be a mess. She was one of two wives (every girl’s dream). The other wife was her enemy. Scripture even says so (1 Samuel 1:7). Her rival provoked her and intentionally bullied...
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8 Confessions of a Working Mom
I sat in my bedroom with the door locked, realizing if I walk out the door, I’d lose it. Do you ever feel that way? The morning behind the locked door reminded me of when I was a stay-at-home-mom and...
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Behind Balance, Busyness and Not Doing It All
I realized I only had two years with all of my kids at home and if something didn’t change, their childhood memories of me would be of an angry, contentious woman. That wasn’t the mom I wanted to be....
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The Risk of Releasing Your Dream
I asked the question on social media–what areas of control do you struggle to give up? The answered varied–parenting, law, and the calendar. More than one responded with giving up dreams for God’s...
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The Messy Side of Raising Godly Kids
Here’s Part 2 to the post 6 Truths about Raising Godly Kids. But before I get to the formal, polished part, I’m going to share what it looks like in real life. Walked out. As I live it. To avoid...
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Dear Friend, I’m Jealous of You
Dear Friend, I’m jealous of you. Not all the time, but this time of year especially. When I go in the stores with all of the things I want, you come to mind. You’ve got a bigger house with lots of...
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30 Days of Real & Why My Perspective’s Changing
In the land of busyness, I’ve been quiet. I haven’t blogged as much, nor have I Periscoped as often. My emails aren’t all answered, and my phone social media has been off. Because my perspective is...
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4 Things When Asking God, Where Are You?
“God, where are you?” were the first words that came from my mouth. I laid on the floor, crying, pouring out the anguish inside. I knew God was with me, but in the moment He felt absent. While I’d been...
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10 Lessons Learned From Live TV
I had the privilege of interviewing on The Harvest Show about my book, Balance, Busyness and Not Doing It All last week. While I was excited to be on live TV, a million fears preceded the morning: What...
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5 Truths for Discouragement
There’s pain in my chest tonight. I first called it stress. Then I called it hurt. Then disappointment. Then discouragement. Then, I realized it’s all of those things–the things a mother feels for her...
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When Love Is Hard
It’s been a week of love. But sometimes, love is hard. Not the loving-someone-who-loves-you-back kind, but the loving-someone-who-doesn’t-reciprocate kind. Loving when you’ve been wounded, you’ve...
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Honesty and Envy and You
Last week, I was reminded of envy. I read about the Longaberger Basket office closing. If you don’t know what that is, it’s the building which houses the Longaberger company headquarters. It’s shaped...
View ArticleWhy Love is a Dirty Word to Me
I shy away from the moral and cultural religious wars of today. I cautiously disengage from new age, occultic, and secular beliefs that have infiltrated the church, and those that are also on the...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Being Real
There’s a story called The Velveteen Rabbit. It’s about a stuffed animal that was drug around by a Boy during the magical moments of childhood, through sickness and fear. What is Real? the Velveteen...
View Article5 Ways Christians Should Respond to the New Cultural War
Are you starting your week with a range of emotions after a weekend of polarizing political, cultural, and spiritual events? Have you looked at your Facebook feed and felt personally attacked or...
View ArticleThe Freedom of Airing Dirty Laundry
With today’s technology, it’s easy to do laundry without effort. You put clothes in a machine, turn a dial, and press a button. Going to my child’s bedroom requires more work than that. It’s a simple...
View Article5 Reasons to Protect Your Mind
Deception is slick and sneaky. Here are 5 reasons it's essential for Christians to protect your mind as much as you do other areas of health and safety. The post 5 Reasons to Protect Your Mind appeared...
View Article14 Lessons from 14 Days in India
Though I travel a lot as a speaker, have been on mission trips, have a daughter living in Mexico, and have traveled to my family’s village in Sicily, I was anxious traveling half-way around the world...
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